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
The childish use of vulgar profanity simply leads peoople to view the speaker as being unable to express his/her view.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
One standout was Helena Bonham Carter’s Red Queen running around the palace like a childish tyrant.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Saying that people are childish and should show more journalistic integrity in a piece like this is missing the point.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
One standout was Helena Bonham Carter’s Red Queen running around the palace like a childish tyrant.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Saying that people are childish and should show more journalistic integrity in a piece like this is missing the point.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for childish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for childish
Adjective
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Many organizations grapple with obstacles such as disconnected data, internal roadblocks, misaligned objectives across teams and immature processes.—
Mithun A. Sridharan,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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And anybody that thinks otherwise is just being foolish and immature and childish.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The teenage triggerman was aiming at an adolescent rival who had punched him moments earlier, police said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2025
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One of a handful of practicing physicians in the state legislature, Weber Pierson is leaning heavily on her experience as a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist who treats children with reproductive birth defects — one of only two in Southern California.—
Kaiser Health News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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McManus said the boy is also facing charges of terrorism and is currently being held at a local juvenile detention facility.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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The three juvenile suspects are also charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2025
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“Childish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childish. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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