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BNC: 37721 COCA: 43867

waspish

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waspish /ˈwɑːspɪʃ/ adjective
waspish
/ˈwɑːspɪʃ/
adjective
Learner's definition of WASPISH
[more waspish; most waspish]
: easily annoyed易怒的;暴躁的
: showing annoyance尖刻的;刻毒的
: very thin细的;瘦的

— waspishly

adverb
BNC: 37721 COCA: 43867

waspish

adjective

wasp·​ish ˈwä-spish How to pronounce waspish (audio)
ˈwȯ-
1
: resembling a wasp in behavior
especially : snappish, petulant
a waspish temper
2
: resembling a wasp in form
especially : slightly built
waspishly adverb
waspishness noun

Example Sentences

extremely waspish, she uses her wit viciously when irritated
Recent Examples on the Web Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure. New York Times, 11 May 2022 At his waspish best, Mr. Wheatcroft is entertaining on all this. Richard Aldous, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021 The waspish Queen – played by Rebecca Trehearn, whose deliciously withering grandeur would give Marie Antoinette pause — is not, to put it mildly, pleased. David Benedict, Variety, 19 Aug. 2021 The author takes a waspish tone that doesn’t always enhance his arguments, but the book is an excellent distillation of a complicated menace. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021 The portrait of prewar upper-class English life is superb, the characters are vividly drawn and the comedy, as always in Waugh, is by turns waspish, warm and knockabout. John Banville, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020 Once again, waspish commentators noted, an American woman has caused a ruction in the royal family. Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020 Bening is capable of being waspish, consoling, frail, indomitable, and woebegone – sometimes all at once. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2018 Olney was known to be quite difficult and often waspish about his colleagues. Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of waspish was in 1566

See also: wasp

BNC: 37721 COCA: 43867

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