Waspish

/ˈwɑ.spɪʃ/

Synonyms for "waspish" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Adjective(5 words)

bearish bitchy cankered cantankerous churlish contrary crabbed cranky

Strong matches (20)

crosscross grainedcross-grained crotchety crusty cussed disagreeable excitable feisty fractious fretful harsh hasty huffish huffy ill-tempered impatient intolerant irascible irritable

Related words (32)

Adjective(7 words)

irritable peevish pricklyshort temperedsplenetic testy trenchant

malicious mean moody morose nervous ornery peevish perverse pettish petulant querulous quick-tempered sharp short-tempered snappish spiteful spleeny splenetic surly temperamental

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testy touchy ugly vinegarish vinegary

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

manner mood style temperament tone

More specific

7 entries

acerbic critiquebiting remarkcaustic remarkcrankiness irascibility peevishnesstrenchant remark

Collocations

5 entries

waspish commentwaspish remarkwaspish temperwaspish tonewaspish wit

Inflections

2 entries

more waspishmost waspish

Derivations

2 entries

waspishly waspishness

similar

1 entries

ill-natured

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why does Tom act so WASPish around them?

Source: tatoeba (11888928)

Svveet Hony-Comb, don't be ſo VVaſpiſh: […]

Source: wiktionary

Always, he radiated an air of soigné self-confidence: he could be amiable in his opinions or waspish, but he never betrayed a flicker of doubt about what he thought.

Source: wiktionary

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