as in immature
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
you almost spoiled the ceremony for everyone with your childish giggling
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Recent Examples of childish
There is a childish Cold War era view of the world that says Americans are the good guys.
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Matthew Gault
writer, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Instead, too many people are willing to write off his childish, mean-spirited antics by saying, well, Trump's just being Trump.
—ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
With each day, the boy’s instinctive interest in natural history transcended his childish thirst for adventure.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Ego Nwodim shines as an overworked Amazon employee, and Sarah Sherman and James Austin Johnson also appear as childish versions of Oasis’s Joel and Liam Gallagher.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Matthew Gault
writer, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Instead, too many people are willing to write off his childish, mean-spirited antics by saying, well, Trump's just being Trump.
—ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
With each day, the boy’s instinctive interest in natural history transcended his childish thirst for adventure.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Ego Nwodim shines as an overworked Amazon employee, and Sarah Sherman and James Austin Johnson also appear as childish versions of Oasis’s Joel and Liam Gallagher.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for childish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for childish
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Angel Batista is already working there, now played by James Martinez, and Masuka (Alex Shimizu) is Dexter’s disturbingly immature supervisor.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
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Edamame, Soybeans, and Soy Products Edamame is an immature soybean in green pods.Merve Ceylan, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
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Puberty blockers stop the body from making testosterone and estrogen to delay the changes of puberty, giving the adolescent more decision-making time.Maureen Groppe, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
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An adolescent often wonders why the world seems to be conspiring against them.Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Leyva has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and was booked into a juvenile detention center in Albuquerque after being medically cleared at a regional hospital.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Cops said he would be taken later to a juvenile detention facility.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Childish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childish. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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