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Synonyms for waspish

  • adjective

Most common

irritable petulant irascible splenetic

All synonyms

Adjective

splenetic, cross, irritable, petulant, irascible, fretful, peevish, choleric, passionate, moody, hasty, perverse, touchy, prickly, crusty, surly, excitable, testy, peppery, fractious, cantankerous, churlish

Antonyms

imperturbable

All antonyms of waspish →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.

Example sentences

  • irritable Tom is usually a little irritable in the morning.
  • petulant Her petulant humor upset the attendees.
  • irascible He has an impetuous and irascible personality.
  • splenetic His splenetic father threatened to spank him if he didn't behave himself.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
waspishsteady
irritablerising
petulantrising
irasciblerising
spleneticsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
cross1, moody2, hasty2, surly2, testy2
6 letters
touchy2, crusty2
7 letters
prickly2, peppery, fretful2, peevish2
8 letters
perverse2, petulant3, churlish2, choleric3
9 letters
irritable4, excitable4, irascible4, fractious2, splenetic
10 letters
passionate3
12 letters
cantankerous4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).