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How to pronounce adolescent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms jejune, juvenile, puerile


adolescent insecurity.
Type Words
Synonyms teen, teenage, teenaged
Derivation adolesce, adolescence
Type Words
Synonyms stripling, teen, teenager
Type of juvenile person, juvenile
Has types pachuco, punk, punk rocker, rocker, young buck, young man, chebab, mod
Derivation adolesce
Type Words
Derivation adolesce, adolescence


adolescent boys and girls.
Type Words
Derivation adolesce, adolescence


adolescent problems.

Examples of adolescent

adolescent
In Chicago, social worker Keisha Farmer-Smith counsels adolescent girls at work.
From the sacbee.com
I'm desperate to own a Stanley Spencer, who was my inspiration as an adolescent.
From the dailymail.co.uk
He lacks the ability to write humor that appeals beyond the adolescent audience.
From the time.com
Before football made him famous, there was a pudgy adolescent with crossed eyes.
From the bloomberg.com
New research has linked vitamin D to increased muscle power in adolescent girls.
From the stltoday.com
It strikes in childhood, five times more often among adolescent girls than boys.
From the time.com
He has the technical skills of a grown-up, and the sensibility of an adolescent.
From the independent.co.uk
Hopefully, you got a referral to an experienced adolescent and family therapist.
From the psychcentral.com
Mattar estimates he has performed the procedure on 15 to 20 adolescent patients.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
  • Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems"
  • Being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
  • Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
  • (adolescence) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
  • The Adolescent (L'Adolescente) is a French drama film directed by Jeanne Moreau in 1978, released January 1979. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.
  • Adolescence Macmillan Dictionary for Students Macmillan, Pan Ltd. (1981), page 14, 456. Retrieved 2010-7-15. ...
  • (Adolescence (film)) Adolescence is a 1966 French short documentary film directed by Marin Karmitz. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
  • (The Adolescents) The Adolescents are an American punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. It is a punk supergroup, made up of early members of Agent Orange and Social Distortion. ...