waspish
like or suggesting a wasp, especially in behavior.
quick to resent a trifling affront or injury; snappish.
irascibly or petulantly spiteful: waspish writing.
having a slight or slender build.
Origin of waspish
1Other words for waspish
Other words from waspish
- wasp·ish·ly, adverb
- wasp·ish·ness, noun
Words Nearby waspish
Other definitions for Waspish (2 of 2)
or WASP·ish
Origin of Waspish
2Other words from Waspish
- Wasp·ish·ly, WASP·ish·ly, adverb
- Wasp·ish·ness, WASP·ish·ness, noun
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How to use waspish in a sentence
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.
The Week in Death: George Jacobs, Sinatra’s Domestic Confidant | The Telegraph | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA better weapon than his waspish tongue was Parpon's voice, for it, before all, was persuasive.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerShe began to say very kind things to me in rather a waspish tone yesterday morning at breakfast.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George Eliot
When a man is touchy and waspish, he is always looking out for, and catching at, occasions of offence.
Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford | Edward BerensHer cutaway coat was buttoned tightly over a manly bosom, and her waist was not waspish.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesLet her be a little less waspish and I will try to get along with her.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman | Pauline Lester
British Dictionary definitions for waspish
/ (ˈwɒspɪʃ) /
relating to or suggestive of a wasp
easily annoyed or angered
Derived forms of waspish
- waspishly, adverb
- waspishness, noun
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