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(tʃaɪldɪʃ)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Childish means relating to or typical of a child.
...childish enthusiasm.
2. adjective
If you describe someone, especially an adult, as childish, you disapprove of them because they behave in an immature way.
[disapproval]
...Penny's selfish and childish behaviour.
Don't be so childish.
childishly graded adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb]
He hit back angrily, saying such remarks were childishly simplistic.
He knew that he had behaved childishly.
childishness uncountable noun
...regressing into childishness.
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childish in British English

(ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ)
adjective
1. 
in the manner of, belonging to, or suitable to a child
2. 
foolish or petty; puerile
childish fears
Derived forms
childishly (ˈchildishly)
adverb
childishness (ˈchildishness)
noun

childish in American English

(ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ)
adjective
1. 
of, like, or characteristic of a child
2. 
not fit for an adult; immature; silly
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈchildˌlike
Derived forms
childishly (ˈchildishly)
adverb
childishness (ˈchildishness)
noun
Word origin
ME < OE cildisc: see child & -ish

Examples of 'childish' in a sentence
childish

One should not, as an adult, put away childish things.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And he is firm and rather childish about it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They cannot be allowed to get away with such childish behaviour.
The Sun (2012)
With adulthood comes the putting away of childish things.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
To some it will come across as childish and silly but it had me in stitches.
The Sun (2011)
Nonetheless she was reassured that within the school childish innocence persisted.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The possibilities of the notes once again fill you with childish wonder.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The man is ruining the show with his childish behaviour and the rubbish acts he votes for.
The Sun (2014)
Which is why childish things are back at the top of the agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It makes me childish and silly and excited.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is the time to put away childish things.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The time has come to put away childish things.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The timing was all rather childish.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But he has an almost childish enthusiasm for the trucker's life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Their childish behaviour and hideous eating habits have made it a definite turn-off.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's just so silly and childish.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's almost childish infighting rather than scholarly discourse.
Christianity Today (2000)
But it does balance that worry that it's all a bit silly and childish.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is shown by childish behaviour being seen by the parents as "bad" or "messy" or "out of control".
Wilkinson, Helena Beyond Chaotic Eating (1993)
It is very immature and childish to be making such a comment, to be thinking like that and putting that out there for people.
The Sun (2009)
He loves football with the childish wonder of a septuagenarian World Cup winner.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And this, perhaps the most personal of his films, gives full reign to his nervous personality quirks and childish enthusiasms.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That is not a childish or immature need, but understandable and universally experienced as we try to cope with life's difficulties.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
THEY are dark, disturbing images, drawn with a childish innocence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

In other languages
childish

British English: childish /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/ ADJECTIVE
Childish means relating to or typical of a child.
...childish enthusiasm.
  • American English: childish
  • Arabic: طُفُوليّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: infantil
  • Chinese: 孩子气的
  • Croatian: djetinjast
  • Czech: dětinský
  • Danish: barnlig
  • Dutch: kinderachtig
  • European Spanish: infantil
  • Finnish: lapsellinen
  • French: puéril
  • German: kindisch
  • Greek: παιδιάστικος
  • Italian: infantile
  • Japanese: 子供じみた
  • Korean: 유치한
  • Norwegian: barnslig
  • Polish: dziecinny
  • European Portuguese: infantil
  • Romanian: copilăros
  • Russian: детский
  • Latin American Spanish: pueril
  • Swedish: barnslig
  • Thai: ไร้เดียงสาอย่างเด็ก
  • Turkish: çocukça
  • Ukrainian: дитячий
  • Vietnamese: ấu trĩ

Chinese translation of 'childish'

childish

(ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ)

adj

  1. (pej) [person, behaviour] 幼稚的 (yòuzhì de)
  2. [games, enthusiasm] 孩子般的 (háizi bān de)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
of or like a child
One of his most appealing qualities is his childish enthusiasm.
Synonyms
youthful
youthful enthusiasm and high spirits
young
I was still too young to understand what was going on.
boyish or girlish
2 (adjective) 
Definition
immature or silly
I've never seen such selfish and childish behaviour.
Synonyms
immature
You're just being childish and immature.
silly
That's a silly thing to say.
juvenile
a scheme to rehibilitate persistent juvenile offenders
foolish
It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
trifling
The guests had each paid £250, no trifling sum.
frivolous
I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
infantile
This kind of humour is infantile and boring.
puerile
puerile schoolboy humour
Opposites
adult
,
mature
,
sophisticated
,
sensible
,
grown-up
,
manly or womanly

Additional synonyms

in the sense of foolish
Definition
very silly, unwise, or absurd
It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
Synonyms
unwise,
silly,
absurd,
rash,
unreasonable,
senseless,
short-sighted,
ill-advised,
foolhardy,
nonsensical,
inane,
indiscreet,
ill-judged,
ill-considered,
imprudent,
unintelligent,
asinine,
injudicious,
incautious
in the sense of frivolous
Definition
not serious or sensible in content, attitude, or behaviour
I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
Synonyms
flippant,
foolish,
dizzy (informal),
superficial,
silly,
flip (informal),
juvenile,
idle,
childish,
giddy,
puerile,
flighty,
ill-considered,
empty-headed,
light-hearted,
nonserious,
light-minded,
ditzy or ditsy (slang)
in the sense of infantile
Definition
childishly immature
This kind of humour is infantile and boring.
Synonyms
childish,
immature,
puerile,
babyish,
young,
weak

Synonyms of 'childish'

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