English-Thai Dictionary

waspish

ADJ เจ้าอารมณ์  annoyed irascible irritated waspy jao-ar-rom

 

waspishly

ADV อย่าง เจ้าอารมณ์  yang-jao-ar-rom

 

waspishness

N ความ เจ้าอารมณ์  kwam-jao-ar-rom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WASPISH

a.Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; quick to resent any trifling affront. Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race.

 

WASPISHLY

adv. Petulantly; in a snappish manner.

 

WASPISHNESS

n.Petulance; irascibility; snappishness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WASPISH

WASPISH Wasp "ish, a.

 

1. Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

waspish

wasp ish |ˈwäspiSH ˈwɑspɪʃ | ▶adjective readily expressing anger or irritation: he had a waspish tongue. DERIVATIVES wasp ish ly adverb, wasp ish ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

waspish

wasp |ish |ˈwɒspɪʃ | ▶adjective readily expressing anger or irritation: he had a waspish tongue. DERIVATIVES waspishly adverb, waspishness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

waspish

waspish adjective he's a waspish old geezer: irritable, touchy, testy, cross, snappish, cantankerous, splenetic, short-tempered, bad-tempered, moody, ornery, crotchety, crabby; informal grouchy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

waspish

waspish adjective she sounded waspish and impatient: irritable, touchy, testy, irascible, cross, snappish, cantankerous, splenetic, short-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, foul-tempered, moody, crabbed, crotchety, grumpy, huffy, ratty, petulant, peevish, querulous, angry, sharp; informal grouchy; N. English informal mardy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

waspish

wasp ish /wɑ́spɪʃ |wɔ́sp -/形容詞 1 〈発言 ユーモアなどが 〉刺すような ; 怒りを含んだ .2 スズメバチのような ; 腰のくびれた .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞