as in childish
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
the boy now thinks that playing with blocks is a rather babyish activity
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Recent Examples of babyish
Suzanne O’Donnell, an accomplished regional theater actor with a lot of Shakespeare on her resume, plays Penrose as both a warm mothering figure to these two occasionally babyish men but does not downplay the character’s pragmatic side.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babyish
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Of course, this is no tragedy — there comes a time to put away childish things, 40-something video-gamers notwithstanding — but the movie comes close to regarding it as such.
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This one has a charming clover shape to make your space feel animated, but not childish.
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His position is assumed, in turn, by the largest of the immature fish, who, thanks to the tragedy, finally gets to grow up.
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Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens.
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Programming includes individual and family mental wellness counseling, lifestyle empowerment consultations, and adolescent nutritional consultations.
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At another section of the hospital, teens in hospital scrubs walked the quiet halls of the adolescent unit with their lunch trays.
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In 2023, 18-year-old Bryan Diaz died of a fentanyl overdose at the county’s other main juvenile hall in Sylmar.
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Others questioned how the county is addressing juvenile crime, including carjackings involving young suspects.
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“Babyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babyish. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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