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Meaning of 'waspish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Waspish [ a.]
- Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
- Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.

Meaning of 'waspish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . waspish [ s]
Meaning (1):
- very irritable
Example in sentence:
  • bristly exchanges between the White House and the press;
  • he became prickly and spiteful;
  • witty and waspish about his colleagues

Nearby Words:

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