waspish

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You degenerate into a bitter, waspish, and fault-finding shrew; or you develop into a patient, tolerant, and infinitely understanding woman.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wasp.
  2. adjective Easily irritated or annoyed; irascible.
  3. adjective Indicative of irritation, annoyance, or spite: a waspish remark.

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  • His drinking buddy was thin, waspish, and bitter as only an overage campus radical could be. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • The man was waspish, smartly dressed--in fact, he was probably the best-dressed man on the Fair Grounds that day--and he carried an innocent-looking black cane. —  074 - The World's Fair Goblin
  • He whirled to face those who had come into the passageway from outside It was the waspish-looking Ham, arguing with hairy Monk as they hurried into the laboratory. —  074 - The World's Fair Goblin
  • Killeen caught the waspish, haughty air the Aspect sometimes took on when it had been consulted too infrequently for its own tastes.
  • Slender, waspish-waisted, he had the debonair appearance of a well-known movie actor The other man, save for clothes, might have been something out of a cage at the zoo. —  081 - Hex
 

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/ˈwɑspɪʃ/
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