childish
childish is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. Note: Childish, as applied tc persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absence
- all
- and
- aphonia
- aphonous
- aphony
- away
- bald
- bated
- believing
- bigotry
- bland
- blind
- breath
- breathless
- broken
- careless
- catch
- cheese
- cold
- colorless
- conclusion
- confident
- confiding
- cracked
- credo
- credulity
- credulous
- credulousness
- cullibility
- cut
- deaf
- deceive
- deception
- delusion
- diffuse
- down
- drown
- dry
- dull
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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