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Spell Bee Word: Childish


What does childish mean?

Word: Childish

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Childish means behaving in a silly way, like a much younger child, when you are old enough to know better.

Synonyms: babyish, silly

How do you spell childish?

Syllables: child - ish

Tricky part: Keep the whole word child, including the d you barely hear, before the ending goes on.

Watch out for: chilish, chieldish, chillish

Memory tip: Child keeps all five letters, d and all, in children, childhood and childish.

Childish in a sentence

Example 1: It is childish to tear up a drawing just because of one smudge.

Example 2: My brother pulled a childish face behind the teacher's back.

Example 3: It was childish of me to hide her pencil box.

Fun Fact

Childish is a very old word: Old English already had cildisc, meaning belonging to a child.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

child

a) esh
b) ich
c) ishe
d) ish

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d) ish. Child with ish gives childish, like fool and foolish.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: childish

a) naughty
b) playful
c) noisy
d) mature

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d) mature. A mature person behaves sensibly, the opposite of childish.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) nervus
b) childish
c) generus
d) jelous

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b) childish. The other three should read jealous, nervous and generous.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lishdich

a) childhis
b) childsih
c) childish
d) childihs

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c) childish. Find the five-letter word child at the front; three letters are left for the ending.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a childish thing for a ten-year-old to do?

a) saying sorry for a mistake
b) helping to lay the table
c) sulking after losing a game
d) waiting calmly for a turn

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c) sulking after losing a game

2. A grandparent full of simple, happy wonder can be called ____.

a) childlike
b) childhood
c) childish
d) childless

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a) childlike

Associated Words

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alikedetectappointmentcalculatorsunflower

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