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waspish
  1. Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
  2. Spiteful or irascible.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. angry, cranky, cross, grumpy, irascible, irritable, testy, fiery, fretful, grouchy, peevish, petulant, ratty, surly, touchy, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, huffy, moody, prickly, querulous, snappy, chippy, crabbed, ornery, perverse, pettish, snappish, splenetic, captious, crotchety, peppery, snarky, tetchy, liverish, snippety, snippy, stuffy, waxy, malicious, malignant, mardy, nasty, raspy, sharp, spiteful, venomous, vindictive, waspy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “His humor was waspish and admired even by those who were often the target.”
      “There is no waspish remark to follow and I am sorry if this outbreak of sincerity causes any distress.”
      “Private thoughts made public reveal a waspish view of the world which readers may find surprising.”
waspy
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
  2. Infested with wasps.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. irascible, touchy, cantankerous, irritable, tetchy, peevish, waspish, testy, cross, grumpy, petulant, cranky, grouchy, ratty, surly, crabby, prickly, moody, snappy, choleric, pettish, crabbed, chippy, snappish, peppery, crotchety, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, fretful, fiery, fractious, huffy, querulous, perverse, ornery, splenetic, disagreeable, crusty, narky, curmudgeonly, captious, snarky, churlish, eggy, soreheaded, peckish, liverish, snippy, snippety, stuffy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He had a waspy response to any criticism, always showing an irritable disposition.”
      “If the waspy virtue of practicality has taken a backseat to bling, then what distinguishes your average St. Pauls alum from a Real Housewife?”
      “He fears showing the waspy Allison the side of him changed by Kalaj, and, similarly, fears judgment by Kalaj.”
waspy
  1. (slang) Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. irascible, touchy, cantankerous, irritable, tetchy, peevish, waspish, testy, cross, grumpy, petulant, cranky, grouchy, ratty, surly, crabby, prickly, moody, snappy, choleric, pettish, crabbed, chippy, snappish, peppery, crotchety, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, fretful, fiery, fractious, huffy, querulous, perverse, ornery, splenetic, disagreeable, crusty, narky, curmudgeonly, captious, snarky, churlish, eggy, soreheaded, peckish, liverish, snippy, snippety, stuffy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He had a waspy response to any criticism, always showing an irritable disposition.”
      “If the waspy virtue of practicality has taken a backseat to bling, then what distinguishes your average St. Pauls alum from a Real Housewife?”
      “He fears showing the waspy Allison the side of him changed by Kalaj, and, similarly, fears judgment by Kalaj.”
wasplike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp.
waspless
  1. (rare) Without wasps.
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