Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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.