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 Definitions of waspish  [ˈwɒs pɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'waspish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) waspish
like or suggesting a wasp, esp. in behavior.

2.  waspish
snappish or peevish; petulant; testy.

3.  waspish
having a slight or slender build.

Etymology:  (1560–70)

Definition of 'waspish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish
very irritable
"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"


Definition of 'waspish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) waspish
resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp

2. (adj) waspish
quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish


Translation of 'waspish' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.
a Waspish neighborhood.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: WASP-agtig Arabic flag Arabic: حارَة من البروتستانت البي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: раздразнителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: zangado / rabugento / mau Czech flag Czech: (čtvrť) anglosaských prot German flag German: eine waspische Nachbarsch
Danish flag Danish: hvidt angelsaksisk protes Greek flag Greek: που αφορά ή αναφέρεται σε Spanish flag Spanish: vecindario blanco, anglos
Estonian flag Estonian: (valge anglo-saksi) prote Farsi flag Farsi: كجتاب French flag French: acariâtre
Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְׁכוּנָה שֶל אַנגלוֹ-סַק Hindi flag Hindi: उच्च मध्यवर्गीय इलाका Croatian flag Croatian: koji je bijelac anglosaks
Hungarian flag Hungarian: tüskés természetű Indonesian flag Indonesian: lingkungan kelas menengah Italian flag Italian: (di protestante anglosass
Japanese flag Japanese: WASPの Korean flag Korean: 백인 중산층의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (JAV) elito, su elitu sus
Latvian flag Latvian: simtprocentīgu balto amer Malay flag Malay: daerah Waspish Dutch flag Dutch: van WASP's; met veel WASP
Norwegian flag Norwegian: superhvit Polish flag Polish: zdominowany przez Ameryka Russian flag Russian: привилегированный
Slovak flag Slovak: biely, meštiacky, týkajúc Slovenian flag Slovenian: gosposki Serbian flag Serbian: naprasit
Swedish flag Swedish: kälkborgerlig, brackig Thai flag Thai: ฉุนเฉียว Turkish flag Turkish: zengin ve muhafazakâr Pro
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 爭吵不休的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: околиця, де мешкають білі Urdu flag Urdu: تلخ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có họ hàng với người Ăng- Chinese flag Chinese: 易怒的

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