waspish
The word “waspish” has 2 syllables: wasp-ish
It's pronounced as /ˈwɒs.pɪʃ/
What is synonym and antonym for waspish?
In the thesaurus, “waspish” has 68 synonyms and 29 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for waspish along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for waspish
- argumentative
- bearish
- bellicose
- belligerent
- bilious
- cantankerous
- choleric
- combative
- contentious
- crabby
- cranky
- cross
- cross-grained
- crotchety
- curmudgeonly
- disagreeable
- disputatious
- dyspeptic
- fiery
- fractious
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- hot-blooded
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-natured
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- off-color
- off-colored
- ornery
- out of humor
- out of sorts
- passionate
- peevish
- perverse
- pettish
- petulant
- pouty
- prickly
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- raspy
- ratty
- scrappy
- sensitive
- short
- short-tempered
- snappish
- snappy
- snarky
- snarly
- snippety
- snippy
- spiteful
- stuffy
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- testy
- tetchy
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- truculent
Antonyms for waspish
- affable
- agreeable
- amiable
- carefree
- companionable
- cordial
- easygoing
- extraverted
- extroverted
- forbearing
- friendly
- genial
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- gregarious
- happy-go-lucky
- long-suffering
- obliging
- outgoing
- patient
- relaxed
- sociable
- stoic
- stoical
- sweet
- tolerant
- uncomplaining
- understanding
- well-disposed
Meanings of waspish
- adjective
- Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
- Spiteful or irascible.
Example Sentences
- Her waspish remarks made everyone uncomfortable.
- He had a waspish tone whenever he was stressed.
- The critic's waspish review angered the director.
- She gave him a waspish glare after his rude comment.
- His waspish attitude made it difficult to work with him.
On this page you'll find 97 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to waspish, such as: affable, agreeable, amiable, argumentative, bearish, bellicose, belligerent.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
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- carping
- censorious
- choleric
- complaining
- crabby
- cranky
- critical
- cross
- crotchety
- crying
- deploring
- discontented
- disgruntled
- displeased
- dissatisfied
- edgy
- fault-finding
- fidgety
- fretful
- fussy
- grouchy
- grousing
- grumbling
- grumbly
- grumpy
- huffy
- irascible
- irritable
- lamenting
- nervous
- ornery
- out of sorts
- peevish
- perverse
- pettish
- petulant
- plaintive
- quick-tempered
- restive
- restless
- scrappy
- short-tempered
- snappish
- snappy
- snippy
- sour
- squirmy
- testy
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- twitchy
- uneasy
- uptight
- wailing
- waspish
- waspy
- whimpering
- whining
- whiny
- wiggly
- worrisome
- wriggly
vexed
- abashed
- aching
- addled
- afflicted
- affronted
- afraid
- aggravated
- aggrieved
- agitated
- alarmed
- all nerves
- angered
- angry
- anguished
- annoyed
- annoying
- antagonized
- anxious
- apprehensive
- ate
- awkward
- bad tempered
- badgered
- baffled
- baited
- ballyragged
- bamboozled
- bearish
- beat
- bedeviled
- befogged
- befuddled
- begrudging
- beguiled
- bellyaching
- bemused
- beset
- bewildered
- bilious
- bitching
- bitter
- blue
- bothered
- bristly
- buffaloed
- bugged
- bullyragged
- cantankerous
- captious
- caviling
- chafed
- chagrined
- cheerless
- choleric
- churlish
- comfortless
- complaining
- concerned
- confounded
- confused
- constrained
- convulsed
- cozened
- crabbed
- crabbing
- crabby
- cranky
- critical
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- curt
- deceived
- deluded
- deviled
- devilled
- disaffected
- disagreeable
- disappointed
- disapproving
- discombobulated
- discomfited
- discomforted
- discomposed
- disconcerted
- discontent
- discontented
- discountenanced
- disgruntled
- dismayed
- disoriented
- displeased
- disquieted
- dissatisfied
- distraught
- distressed
- distressing
- disturbed
- duped
- dyspeptic
- edgy
- embarrassed
- enflamed
- ennuied
- enraged
- envious
- exasperated
- exercised
- exhausted
- fatigued
- faultfinding
- fazed
- fearful
- fed up
- fed-up
- ferocious
- fidgety
- fierce
- fiery
- flummoxed
- flustered
- fooled
- foxed
- fractious
- fretful
- fretted
- fretting
- frightened
- frosted
- frustrated
- fuddled
- fuming
- furious
- fussy
- galled
- got
- got to
- grated
- graveled
- gravelled
- grieved
- grieving
- griped
- griping
- grouchy
- grousing
- grudging
- grumbling
- grumpy
- gulled
- haggled
- hagrode
- harassed
- harried
- harrowed
- harsh
- hassled
- hateful
- heated
- heckled
- hoaxed
- hoodwinked
- hot
- huffish
- huffy
- humbugged
- hurt
- ill at ease
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- impassioned
- impatient
- in a tizzy
- in pain
- in turmoil
- incensed
- inconvenienced
- indignant
- inflamed
- infuriated
- insatiable
- insecure
- insulted
- irascible
- irate
- ireful
- irked
- irritable
- irritated
- itched
- jaundiced
- jealous
- jittery
- jumpy
- kicking
- kvetching
- mad
- maddened
- malcontent
- malcontented
- mazed
- miffed
- miserable
- misguided
- misled
- moody
- moping
- mortified
- muddied
- muddled
- mystified
- nagged
- narked
- nervous
- nettled
- nonplused
- nonplussed
- not happy
- not satisfied
- offended
- on edge
- on the qui vive
- out of humor
- outraged
- overwrought
- pained
- palpitant
- peeved
- peevish
- perplexed
- persecuted
- perturbed
- pestered
- pettish
- petulant
- picky
- pinpricked
- piqued
- pissed
- pissed off
- plagued
- plaintive
- posed
- precarious
- pressing
- provoked
- put out
- puzzled
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- raging
- rankled
- rasped
- rattled
- resentful
- restive
- restless
- riled
- roiled
- roused
- rubbed the wrong way
- ruffled
- scared
- scunnered
- self-conscious
- sensitive
- shaken
- shaky
- shirty
- short
- smarting
- snappish
- snappy
- sniveling
- snowed
- snuffy
- sore
- spited
- splenetic
- steaming
- stewed
- stiff
- storming
- strained
- strung along
- stuck
- stumped
- stung
- stunned
- suffering
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- suspicious
- teased
- teed off
- tense
- terrified
- tested
- testy
- tetchy
- tired
- took in
- tormented
- tortured
- touchy
- tricked
- tried
- troubled
- unappeased
- unassuaged
- uncomfortable
- uncontent
- undid
- uneasy
- unfulfilled
- ungratified
- unhappy
- unhinged
- unquiet
- unsated
- unsatisfied
- unsettled
- unstable
- upset
- uptight
- urgent
- waspish
- weary
- weighty
- weirded out
- wore on
- worn
- worried
- worried stiff
- wracked
- wrathful
- wretched
- wrung
venomous
- accidentally on purpose
- antagonistic
- baleful
- baneful
- calamitous
- catty
- contagious
- cussed
- deadly
- deleterious
- destructive
- dirty
- envenomed
- evil
- fatal
- fell
- harmful
- hostile
- hurtful
- infectious
- infective
- injurious
- lethal
- malefic
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- mean
- mephitic
- murderous
- nocuous
- noxious
- ornery
- pathogenic
- pestilent
- pestilential
- poison
- poisoned
- poisonous
- rancorous
- savage
- spiteful
- toxic
- toxicant
- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unwholesome
- vicious
- vindictive
- viperish
- viperous
- virulent
- waspish
rangy
- angular
- boney
- bony
- boundless
- broad
- capacious
- commodious
- comprehensive
- deep
- endless
- expansive
- extended
- extensive
- far-flung
- far-reaching
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- general
- global
- inclusive
- infinite
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- leggy
- limitless
- long-legged
- long-limbed
- racy
- rawboned
- reedy
- roomy
- scraggy
- scrawny
- skinny
- slender
- slim
- spacious
- spare
- spidery
- spindle-legged
- spindle-shanked
- spindling
- spindly
- stringy
- sweeping
- thin
- twiggy
- unlimited
- waspish
- weedy
- wide
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- willowy
- wiry
quarrelsomeness
- acidity
- aggression
- aggressiveness
- antagonism
- argumentativeness
- assaultiveness
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerence
- belligerency
- biliousness
- cantankerousness
- captiousness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- crankiness
- crossness
- defiance
- disagreeableness
- disagreement
- discord
- disharmony
- disputatiousness
- dissension
- disunity
- division
- divisiveness
- feistiness
- fierceness
- fight
- fractiousness
- fretfulness
- friction
- grouchiness
- grumpiness
- hostility
- huffiness
- hyperaggressiveness
- imperialism
- infighting
- irascibility
- irascibleness
- irritability
- irritableness
- jingoism
- litigiousness
- militance
- militancy
- militantness
- militarism
- orneriness
- peevishness
- pettishness
- petulance
- pugnaciousness
- pugnacity
- querulousness
- rebellion
- rudeness
- scrappiness
- sedition
- surliness
- testiness
- truculence
- truculency
- tumult
- turbulence
- unfriendliness
- waspishness