childish

childish
[[t]tʃa͟ɪldɪʃ[/t]]
1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Childish means relating to or typical of a child.

...childish enthusiasm.

2) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone, especially an adult, as childish, you disapprove of them because they behave in an immature way.

...Penny's selfish and childish behaviour...

Don't be so childish.

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Derived words:
childishly ADV-GRADED ADV adj, ADV with v

He hit back angrily, saying such remarks were childishly simplistic...

He knew that he had behaved childishly.

childishness N-UNCOUNT

...regressing into childishness.


English dictionary. 2008.

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