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puerile

/ˈpjʊərʌɪl/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpjʊərʌɪl/
puerile
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

pue - rile -> puerile

Myanmar meaning

(adj) သူငယ်ကဲ့သို့သော။မရေရာသော။

Full entry

puerile /'pjƱǝraÇl: US -rǝl/ adj

(derog ) ကလေး[သော]။ puerile behaviour ❍ Some people think he's amusing, but in my opinion his jokes are puerile.

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  • Puerile nonsense
Synonyms
childish, immature, infantile, silly, trivial, trifling, babyish, babylike, callow, fatuous, foolish, green, inane, inexperienced, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, unfledged, ungrown, weak, young
Antonyms
adult, mature
Cross references
childishimmatureinfantilesillytrivialtriflingbabyishbabylikecallowfatuousfoolishgreeninaneinexperiencedirresponsiblejejunejuvenilenaivepettyridiculousunfledgedungrownweakyoungadultmaturearebehaviour
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