childish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
childish
    adj 1: indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums";
           "infantile behavior" [syn: {childish}, {infantile}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Childish \Child"ish\ (ch[imac]ld"[i^]sh), a.
   1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
      "Childish innocence." --Macaulay.
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   2. Puerile; trifling; weak.
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            Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is
            rather childish than innocent.        --Addison.
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   Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in
         a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "childish":
      arrested, asinine, babish, babyish, backward, beardless, boyish,
      boylike, calflike, childlike, coltish, decrepit, doddering,
      doddery, doited, doting, fatuous, foolish, girlish, girllike,
      immature, inexperienced, infantile, infantine, juvenile, kiddish,
      maiden, maidenly, moronic, naive, puerile, puplike, puppyish,
      puppylike, retarded, senile, silly, simple, slow, sophomoric,
      underdeveloped, undeveloped, unsophisticated, wanting
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