All waspish synonyms
wasp·ish
W w adjective waspish
- waspy — Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
- irritable — easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- peevish — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
- tetchy — irritable; touchy.
- crabby — Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- crotchety — A crotchety person is bad-tempered and easily irritated.
- fretful — disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
- huffy — easily offended; touchy.
- ornery — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- snappish — apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- testy — irritably impatient; touchy.
- malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- vindictive — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
- venomous — (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.
- ill-tempered — bad or irritable disposition.
- surly — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.