babyishness
Childish quality displayed
Babyishness is the quality of resembling or behaving like a baby—immaturity, dependency, or childish emotion in someone old enough to know better.
The word carries disapproval: His babyishness about losing was embarrassing.
It suggests not just youth but a failure to outgrow infantile traits.
Immature conduct
- petulanceIrritable, childish impatience
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- tantrumsOutbursts of childish anger
- poutingShowing petulant displeasure
sulking · infantile · puerile · juvenile · silliness · foolishness · irresponsibility · brattiness
Lacking ability to cope
- relianceState of needing support
- needinessExcessive emotional reliance
- clinginessExcessive need for closeness
- attachmentConnection or fondness
vulnerability · hand-holding · coddling · pampering · spoon-feeding · sheltering · overprotection · inability
Innocent lack of experience
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
- trustingInclined to believe others
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
unworldly · simpleness · gullibility · credulousness · artlessness · ingenuousness · inexperience · open-hearted
childishness
Immature conduct
- petulanceIrritable, childish impatience
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- tantrumsOutbursts of childish anger
pouting · sulking · infantile · puerile · juvenile · silliness · foolishness · irresponsibility · brattiness · fussiness
helplessness
Lacking ability to cope
- relianceState of needing support
- needinessExcessive emotional reliance
- clinginessExcessive need for closeness
attachment · vulnerability · hand-holding · coddling · pampering · spoon-feeding · sheltering · overprotection · inability · incapacity
naivety
Innocent lack of experience
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
- trustingInclined to believe others
unsophisticated · unworldly · simpleness · gullibility · credulousness · artlessness · ingenuousness · inexperience · open-hearted
giggly
Prone to tittering
coy · doting · affectionate · cuddly · endearing · adorableness · sweetness · cherubic
babyishnessmaturity
Full growth achieved
adulthood · grown-upness · adultness · worldliness · independence
babyishnesssophistication
Cultured elegance and complexity
refinement · urbanity · cultivation · polish · elegance
babyishnesscomposure
Emotional self-control
self-control · equanimity · self-possession · level-headedness · stoicism
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