3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Childish \Child"ish\ (ch[imac]ld"[i^]sh), a. 1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Puerile; trifling; weak. [1913 Webster] Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: childish adj : indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior" [syn: {infantile}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 44 Moby Thesaurus words for "childish": arrested, asinine, babish, babyish, backward, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike, childlike, coltish, decrepit, doddering, doddery, doited, doting, fatuous, foolish, girlish, girllike, immature, inexperienced, infantile, infantine, juvenile, kiddish, maiden, maidenly, moronic, naive, puerile, puplike, puppyish, puppylike, retarded, senile, silly, simple, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unsophisticated, wanting
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