Thesaurus / babyish
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She was waving a twig of lavender, and little Martha was making grabs at it, and laughing her gurgling laugh of babyish glee.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDBut they're rather babyish; you see they've always lived at home, and never had to depend on themselves at all.
ROBIN REDBREASTMARY LOUISA MOLESWORTHHe thought Bob would not have thought much of him for it; it was rather babyish.
QUEENSLAND COUSINSELEANOR LUISA HAVERFIELDJohnny sounded so babyish, so childlike, so affectionate, yet she felt that she could not speak of him as "John."
THE IMAGINARY MARRIAGEHENRY ST. JOHN COOPERShe stood an instant longer, then bending, ran her hand caressingly down a rosy bare leg, while she kissed the babyish red mouth.
A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOSTGENE STRATTON PORTERIt is eight years since he joined the battery—a woolly-coated babyish remount straight from an Irish dealer's yard.
SERVANTS OF THE GUNSJEFFERY E. JEFFERYBut after his eighth birthday that had been done away with, Miss Braithwaite considering it babyish.
LONG LIVE THE KINGMARY ROBERTS RINEHARTPresently Portlaw began in a babyish-irritated voice: "I've buried the deuce and trey of diamonds, and blocked myself—"
THE FIRING LINEROBERT W. CHAMBERSShe wore a blue riding suit and a big Mexican hat like Jack's and her face looked very young and babyish under it.
THE RANCH GIRLS AT RAINBOW LODGEMARGARET VANDERCOOKA tendency to become spoiled, to pout, and to take out his resentments in babyish ways are the emotional weaknesses of this type.
HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE ON SIGHTELSIE LINCOLN BENEDICT AND RALPH PAINE BENEDICTWORDS RELATED TO BABYISH
- Lilliputian
- babyish
- bantam
- brief
- cramped
- diminutive
- dinky
- elfin
- embryonic
- fleeting
- hardly any
- hasty
- immature
- imperceptible
- inappreciable
- inconsiderable
- infant
- infinitesimal
- insufficient
- junior
- light
- limited
- meager
- microscopic
- mini
- miniature
- minute
- not big
- not large
- peanut
- petite
- scant
- short
- short-lived
- shrimpy
- shriveled
- skimpy
- slight
- small
- snub
- sparse
- stubby
- stunted
- teeny
- tiny
- toy
- truncated
- undersized
- undeveloped
- wee
- wizened
- young
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