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  • childlike — childlike, childish agree in meaning having or showing the manner, spirit, or disposition of a child. Both are applicable to adolescents and to adults as well as to children. Childlike, however, usually suggests such qualities of childhood as… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • childish — childishly, adv. childishness, n. /chuyl dish/, adj. 1. of, like, or befitting a child: childish games. 2. puerile; weak; silly: childish fears. [bef. 1000; ME childisch, OE cildisc. See CHILD, ISH1] Syn. CHILDISH, INFANTILE, CHILDLIKE refer to… …   Universalium

  • childish — child•ish [[t]ˈtʃaɪl dɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) of, like, or appropriate for a child: childish games[/ex] 2) immature; foolish: childish fears[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000 child′ish•ly, adv. child′ish•ness, n. syn: childish, infantile, childlike refer to… …   From formal English to slang

  • childish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. infantile, puerile, juvenile, youthful, babyish; brattish; senile, simpleminded, weak, silly; credulous, naive, trustful. See credulity, youth. Ant., mature, wise. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having… …   English dictionary for students

  • childish — adjective 1 related to or typical of a child: a high childish laugh 2 behaving in a silly way that makes you seem much younger than you really are: Stop messing around, it s so childish. compare childlike childishly adverb childishness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • childish - childlike — ◊ childish You say that someone is childish if you think they are behaving in a silly or immature way. He can be extremely understanding and kind one minute, and completely unreasonable and childish the next. ...his bad jokes, his childish pride… …   Useful english dictionary

  • childish — childish, childlike Both words tend now to be used to describe the behaviour of adolescents and adults rather than children. Childish has developed a generally depreciatory meaning ‘having the immature characteristics of a child’, whereas… …   Modern English usage

  • childlike — childish, childlike Both words tend now to be used to describe the behaviour of adolescents and adults rather than children. Childish has developed a generally depreciatory meaning ‘having the immature characteristics of a child’, whereas… …   Modern English usage

  • childlike — [chīld′līk΄] adj. 1. belonging or suitable to a child 2. like or characteristic of a child; innocent, trusting, etc. childlikeness n. SYN. CHILDLIKE and CHILDISH are both applied to persons of any age in referring to characteristics or qualities… …   English World dictionary

  • childlike — 1580s, proper to a child, from CHILD (Cf. child) + LIKE (Cf. like). Meaning like a child in a good sense (distinguished from CHILDISH (Cf. childish)) is from 1725 …   Etymology dictionary

  • childlike — [adj] innocent, naive artless, childish, credulous, guileless, immature, ingenuous, natural, simple, spontaneous, trustful, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned; concept 404 Ant. complicated, untrusting …   New thesaurus

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