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WASPISH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. Resembling a wasp in behavior; especially : snappish, petulant a waspish temper. 2. Resembling a wasp in form; especially : slightly built.
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WASPISH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
likely to make sharp, slightly cruel remarks; having a slightly angry and unpleasant manner: She had a waspish tongue which could hurt.
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261 Synonyms & Antonyms for WASPISH | Thesaurus.com
waspish · crabby · ill-tempered · irascible · irritable · ornery · petulant · spiteful · surly · testy. adjective as in touchy. Synonyms. Weak matches.
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Waspish
Waspish, a.2 orig. and chiefly U.S. (ˈwɒspɪʃ) Also Wasp-ish, WASPish. [f. Wasp n.2 + -ish1.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of American white Protestant ‘Wasps’. Cf. Waspy a.21968 Listener 27 June 843/3 Charles Newman, making a most impressive debut, gives in New Axis a picture of a community ...
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WASPISH Synonyms - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for WASPISH: irritable, fiery, peevish, irascible, petulant, snappish, pettish, snarky; Antonyms of WASPISH: friendly, genial, cordial, affable, ...
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waspish - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Adjective · Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp. · (figurative) Spiteful or irascible. · 1702, [Colley] Cibber, She Wou'd, and She Wou'd Not, or The Kind ...
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The Furrow
Canon McGarry was succeeded by the waspish Fr Ronan Drury as editor, a role Drury would hold for forty years, until his death in 2017.
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WASPISH definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
waspish in American English · 1. like or suggesting a wasp, esp. in behavior · 2. quick to resent a trifling affront or injury; snappish · 3. irascibly or ...
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Waspish - Websters Dictionary 1828
WASPISH, adjective Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; quick to resent any trifling affront. Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, ...
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WASPISH Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective quick to resent a trifling affront or injury; snappish. Synonyms: resentful irascibly or petulantly spiteful: waspish writing.
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waspish | definition for kids - Wordsmyth Children's Dictionary
having a quick temper; snappy; irritable. Serve that waspish old man first or he will commence his ranting. synonyms: · irascible, irritable, peevish, short- ...
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waspish, adj.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective waspish is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for waspish is from 1566, in a translation by Thomas Drant, ...
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waspish
waspish, a.1 (ˈwɒspɪʃ) [f. wasp n.1 + -ish.] 1. Pertaining to or resembling a wasp or some characteristic of it.1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. ii. i. 211 If I be waspish, best beware my sting. 1681 S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 90 Thy waspish tongue will never fail To prat, to scold, revile and rail. 1822...
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waspish
waspishadj (derog 贬) making sharp comments or replies; irritable or snappish 尖刻的; 易怒的; 暴躁的 waspish remarks 刻薄的言语.
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The Guardian Peter Conrad said, "Carrie Fisher's wisecracks and waspish rants fail to mask her Hollywood self-regard."
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