waspish (Meaning)
waspish (s)
very irritable
waspish (a.)
Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
Synonyms & Antonyms of waspish
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Synonyms:
- thin-skinned
- fractious
- pouty
- ratty
- disputatious
- combative
- contentious
- ill-humored
- disagreeable
- ornery
- bellicose
- pugnacious
- cantankerous
- sulky
- sullen
- off-color
- scrappy
- snippety
- truculent
- quarrelsome
- snappy
- tetchy
- off-colored
- fretful
- ill-natured
- bilious
- bearish
- huffy
- argumentative
- curmudgeonly
- snarly
- ill-tempered
- touchy
- belligerent
- cross-grained
- surly
- dyspeptic
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FAQs About the word waspish
very irritableResembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp., Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; ira
fiery,irritable, short, raspy, choleric, petulant, quick-tempered, snarky, out of humor, cranky
extroverted, extraverted, agreeable, friendly, extroverted, cordial, genial, outgoing, companionable, gregarious
The waspish critic's words stung like a swarm of bees.
She had a waspish tongue, ready to deliver a venomous barb at any moment.
The politician's waspish remarks earned him a reputation as a ruthless opponent.
The old woman's waspish nature made her a solitary figure.
