Synonyms for childishness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : chahyl-dish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃaɪl dɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for childishness
Définition of childishness
Origin :- Old English cildisc "proper to a child;" see child + -ish. Meaning "puerile, immature, like a child" in a bad sense is from early 15c. Related: Childishly; childishness.
- As in naiveté : noun innocence, gullibility
- As in immaturity : noun inexperience
- As in naïveté : noun innocence
- As in inexperience : noun lack of experience
- Barefaced audacity amounting to childishness of a peculiar sort.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- This childishness our country has not yet succeeded in getting rid of.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- And the poor child smiled at her own childishness and simplicity.
- Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
- There was no evasion in her reply; her only reproach was for his childishness in blabbing.
- Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
- He smiled now at the childishness of his attitude toward Nan.
- Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
- Everything else has its limits, but your childishness is absolutely unbounded.
- Extract from : « The Cycle of Spring » by Rabindranath Tagore
- He is one of the few people I know who can sympathize with my own childishness.
- Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
- Claire smiled to herself at the childishness of the display.
- Extract from : « The Independence of Claire » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- The simplicity of her words, almost their childishness, made Chris's eyes smart.
- Extract from : « The Beloved Woman » by Kathleen Norris
- It seemed to her worse than a beautiful woman's vanity, a childishness.
- Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
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