Childish and Sulky

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

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

Sulky adjective - Given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability.

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Childish and sulky are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Childish" instead an adjective "Sulky".

Nearby Words: sulk, sulking, sulked, sulkily

In several stories he comes across as childish and sometimes even like a sulky rebellious teen, but his basic trope is that of the absent-minded old man.

Source: Age Is Relative
Man Child: Higgins is portrayed as being very childish — mischievous, manipulative, candid, sulky, ill-mannered, selfish, tyrannical, thoughtless and a complete mamma's boy (much to the dismay of said mamma).

Source: Theatre / Pygmalion

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