Childish

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.
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     2. Puerile; trifling; weak.


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              Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is
              rather childish than innocent.        --Addison.
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     Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in
           a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.
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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