WASPISH

waspish. Waspish, a. peevish, cross, touchy, fretful

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Wasp″ish (?), a. 1. 1. Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
2. 2. Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
He was naturally a waspish and hot man. Bp. Hall. Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race. Pope. Syn. — Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; testy; peevish; captious. — Wasp″ish‐ly, adv. — Wasp″ish‐ness, n.