different between childish vs piddling

childish

English

Etymology

From Middle English childissh, from Old English ?ildis?. Equivalent to child +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t?a?ld??/
  • Hyphenation: child?ish

Adjective

childish (comparative more childish, superlative most childish)

  1. Of or suitable for a child.
  2. Behaving immaturely.

Synonyms

  • (suitable for a child): childly, juvenile, kiddish; see also Thesaurus:childlike
  • (behaving immaturely): infantile, immature, silly, unbecoming, juvenile, puerile; see also Thesaurus:childish

Antonyms

  • (suitable for a child): adult, adultlike
  • (behaving immaturely): adultish, mature

Related terms

  • childlike

Translations

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piddling

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?d?l??/

Adjective

piddling (not comparable)

  1. Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
    After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
Translations

Verb

piddling

  1. present participle of piddle

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