I like her all the better because she has childishness.
Source: tatoeba (252349)
Childishness
//ˈt͡ʃaɪld.ɪʃ.nəs//
Synonyms for "childishness" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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Translations
32 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- criaturada noun (childishness)
Dutch
1 entries- kinderachtigheid noun (childishness)
Estonian
1 entries- lapsikus noun (childishness)
Finnish
2 entries- lapsekkuus noun (childishness)
- lapsellisuus noun (childishness)
French
1 entries- enfantillage noun (childishness)
Galician
2 entries- puerilidade noun (childishness)
- rapazada noun (childishness)
German
1 entries- Kinderei noun (childishness)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹 noun (childishness)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyerekesség noun (childishness)
Middle English
1 entries- childhode noun (childishness)
Nahuatl
1 entries- tēlpōchcaconēyōtl noun (childishness)
Old Norse
1 entries- bernska noun (childishness)
Polish
1 entries- dziecinada noun (childishness)
Portuguese
4 entries- criancice noun (childishness)
- gurizada noun (childishness)
- infantilismo noun (childishness)
- parvulez noun (childishness)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਅਲ੍ਹੜਪੁਣਾ noun (childishness)
Spanish
4 entries- chiquillada noun (childishness)
- chiquillería noun (childishness)
- infantilada noun (childishness)
- infantilismo noun (childishness)
Swedish
1 entries- barnslighet noun (childishness)
Telugu
1 entries- పిల్లతనము noun (childishness)
Turkish
1 entries- çocuksuluk noun (childishness)
Welsh
1 entries- plentyneiddiwch noun (childishness)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The average Westerner, in his sleek complacency, will see in the tea ceremony but another instance of the thousand and one oddities which constitute the quaintness and childishness of the East to him.
Source: tatoeba (638876)
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
Source: tatoeba (733827)
Do you mean to annoy me again with some childishness, you little villain?
Source: tatoeba (1885282)
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