childish

/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

bound, left, long

VERB + CHILDISH

ask, don't, fed, game, hear, make, put, thinking

CHILDISH + NOUN

father, girls, illness, laughter, tantrums, things, ways

PREP.

after, off, up, with

ADV.

away, often, such, terribly

adj

Immature in thought or behaviour.

Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.

Suitable for or expected of a child.

This game is very childish.

She remembered, too, when, after a long childish illness, her father had carried her in his arms to the garden, […]

adjective — indicating a lack of maturity

Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.

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This game is very childish.

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She remembered, too, when, after a long childish illness, her father had carried her in his arms to the garden, […]

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It is time you left off your childish ways.

Tatoeba · #31364

Peter was fed up with childish girls.

Tatoeba · #34879

Peter was fed up with childish girls and wanted to meet a really mature woman.

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