Boyish - English meaning

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

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Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

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The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective

Between the ages of a child and an adult

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The two adolescent boys made their mother very tired., [ c ] he had an unhappy adolescence., i teac…

adjective

Typical of or suitable for a baby; childish.

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He pursed his mouth into a babyish pout

adjective

Only suitable for a baby or typical of a baby

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Aren’t those toys a little babyish for him?, babyish behavior

adjective

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

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Earnest and callow undergraduates

adjective

Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows they have little experience, confidence, or judgment

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Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in paris.

adjective

Of, like, or appropriate to a child.

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Childish enthusiasm

adjective

Like or typical of a child, or intended for children

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A childish body, the pictures made the magazine look childish., kate is 43, but she can be childish…

adjective

(of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child.

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She speaks with a childlike directness

adjective

(of adults) showing the good qualities that children have, such as trusting people, being honest and enthusiastic

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A childlike innocence/quality, all her life she had a childlike trust in other people.

adjective

Looking young

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Fresh-faced 18 and 19–year-old soldiers

adjective

Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

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Her flashing green eyes

noun

Green colour or pigment.

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Major roads are marked in green

verb

Make or become green in colour.

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The roof was greening with lichen

adjective

Not fully developed.

Usage examples:

Many of the fish caught are immature

adjective

Not completely developed physically, mentally, or emotionally, or lacking the expected type of responsible behavior for your age

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Some of the boys in my class are so immature – they’re always doing silly things., physical/emotion…

adjective

Of or occurring among babies or very young children.

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Infantile colic

adjective

Of or relating to babies

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Infantile diseases, infantile humor

adjective

For or relating to young people.

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Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

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It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

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He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

adjective

Childishly silly and immature.

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A puerile argument

adjective

Behaving in a silly way, not like an adult

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I find his sense of humour rather puerile.

adjective

Denoting a person between 13 and 19 years old.

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A teenage girl

adjective

Aged between 13 and 19

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A teenage nephew, teenage girls, teenage magazines, teenage angst

adjective

Between 13 and 19 years old.

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Crowds of screaming teenaged girls

noun

A person who is 13 through 19 years old

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They have two teenage sons.

adjective

Having lived or existed for only a short time.

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A young girl

noun

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.

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Many grebes carry their young on their backs

adjective

(esp. of something living) at an early stage of development or existence; not old

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Young children should not be left alone at home., i work with wonderful young people mostly in thei…

adjective

Young or seeming young.

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People aspiring to remain youthful

adjective

Characteristic of young people, or relating to the period of life when you are young

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Her youthful enthusiasm always makes her seem ageless., her voice has just the right mix of maturit…