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Synonyms for waspish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wos-pish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒs pɪʃ |
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Définition of waspish
Origin :- "irrascible, quick to take offense; spiteful," 1560s, from wasp + -ish. Related: Waspishly; waspishness.
- adj snappish
- adj touchy
- The waspish little mutiny was so amusing that Si had to smile in spite of himself.
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- One must have the wit 'from such a sharp and waspish word as No to pluck the sting.'
- Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
- When people made him angry he retorted to them with waspish sarcasms.
- Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott
- Though he is crabbed, too; rather crabbed and waspish, when he i'n't pleased.
- Extract from : « The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) » by Fanny Burney
- She said, "I think her a sullen girl; she always looks so sour and waspish."
- Extract from : « Letters of a Javanese Princess » by Raden Adjeng Kartini
- After, dull booming of distant artillery, or waspish whinings of kettledrums.
- Extract from : « Menotah » by Ernest G. Henham
- When a man is touchy and waspish, he is always looking out for, and catching at, occasions of offence.
- Extract from : « Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford » by Edward Berens
- Her cutaway coat was buttoned tightly over a manly bosom, and her waist was not waspish.
- Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
- Two others followed in sharp succession, and there went close by Mary's ear the waspish whine of a minie-ball.
- Extract from : « Standard Selections » by Various
- Thus she carried within herself the magic that drew from waspish circumstance its sharpest sting.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
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