Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: childish
IPA transcription: [tʃ'aɪldɪʃ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: childish, infantile
    Meaning: indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior"
Usage examples
  • This is childish.
  • It was childish of me to talk as I did.
  • Later we give up childish things, you see.
  • It seems so childish, so needlessly blind.'
  • 'I am very sorry, Sheila, to be so childish.
  • Turning dances into figure, is a childish curiosity.
  • "Oh, no, my child" (for such a question is childish).
  • Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God!
  • "Silvia, what a light-hearted childish creature you are.
  • "It's folly, Springer," said Eliot, "sheer childish folly.