Childish and Petty

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Childish adjective - Having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children.

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Petty and childish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Petty" instead an adjective "Childish".

Petty adjective - Not broad or open in views or opinions.

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Childish and petty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Childish" instead an adjective "Petty".

Nearby Words: pettish, pettiness, pettily

All of the other attempted murders were strictly For the Evulz; when they find out, the Investigation Team even lampshade how petty and childish he is.

Source: Evil Is Petty
In the Rainbow Magic series, Jack Frost sleeps with a teddy bear, is scared of the dark, and on the whole is very petty and childish.

Source: Man Child / Literature
The humor, of course, is that Bob and Alice are being childish and petty in the same moment that they think they're proving their maturity.

Source: Outhumbling Each Other

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