Definition of "waspish" []

• Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wasp. (adjective)
• Easily irritated or annoyed; irascible. (adjective)
• Indicative of irritation, annoyance, or spite: a waspish remark. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Do they not sometimes get called waspish and shrewish by virtue of their very chastity?"
• "If I were a wasp and I’ve been called waspish on occasion, I’d rather be poisoned than stuck to glue where I’ll try to escape and rip off my legs or slowly die an agonizing, slow, slow death full of pain and suffering."
• "When most male observational comics are trying to come across as the kind of regular blokes you might find propping up the bar at your local, Godliman's more the waspish girl in the corner with a glass of white wine who's smarter than the lot of them put together."