babyish

«babyish» in Mova's school dictionary: like a baby or suitable for a baby, too young for someone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (babyish, more babyish)

meaning for a pupil

1) Babyish means like a baby or suitable for a baby, too young for someone older. tree →

2) Babyish behaviour is acting in a silly or childish way that is not right for your age. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, older children may call toys, books or shows babyish when they feel they have grown out of them. In friendship and kindness lessons, calling someone babyish can be hurtful; everyone likes different things. In stories, a character may be teased for being babyish. Similar words: childish, immature.

examples

• My brother thinks that cartoon is babyish. tree →
• Stop being babyish and share the toy. tree →
• These books are a bit babyish for me now. tree →
• It isn't babyish to cuddle a teddy at night. tree →
• The wallpaper in her room looked babyish. tree →
• He was embarrassed by his babyish haircut. tree →
• Throwing a tantrum is babyish. tree →
• Some big kids still like babyish games, and that's fine. tree →

note

Adjective: «baby» + «-ish» (meaning «a bit like»). It is usually negative or teasing. Similar: «childish» (silly, like a child) is different from «childlike» (innocent and sweet in a good way).

In the corpora

• Tom in Sydney thought his bike helmet looked babyish and left it at home.
• Jayden cried after losing a football game final on penalties and felt babyish.
• A low rating means suitable for younger players; it does not mean easy, boring or babyish.
• It is normal and not babyish to be scared by a scary game, at any age.
• Fear of needles is very common in both children and adults, and it isn't babyish.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «babyish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.