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waspish
1[ wos-pish ]
Waspish
2[ wos-pish ]
adjective
waspish
/ ˈwɒspɪʃ /
adjective
- relating to or suggestive of a wasp
- easily annoyed or angered
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Derived Forms
- ˈwaspishly, adverb
- ˈwaspishness, noun
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Other Words From
- waspish·ly adverb
- waspish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
So far targeted are Putin, allegedly the “world’s richest man” and his waspish foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
But they also reveal a waspish, bitter man frequently disillusioned with film and theatre.
This brief, innocent encounter was talked up by the waspish gossip columnist Rona Barrett.
A better weapon than his waspish tongue was Parpon's voice, for it, before all, was persuasive.
She began to say very kind things to me in rather a waspish tone yesterday morning at breakfast.
When a man is touchy and waspish, he is always looking out for, and catching at, occasions of offence.
Her cutaway coat was buttoned tightly over a manly bosom, and her waist was not waspish.
Let her be a little less waspish and I will try to get along with her.
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