Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word WASPISH
WASPISH
Definitions of WASPISH
- Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
- Spiteful or irascible.
- Suggestive of the behaviour of a WASP.
Number of letters
7
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using WASPISH in a Sentence
- The character of Addison De Witt, the waspish theater critic who squires a starlet (played by a then-unknown Marilyn Monroe) in the 1950 film All About Eve was based on Nathan.
- Although he had a reputation as an argumentative controversialist, his put-downs were withering and waspish enough without needing to raise his voice.
- Carol, although only 46 years old at the time, played Martha Longhurst as a waspish beldam many years her senior, who first appeared in December 1960; with Ena Sharples, played by Violet Carson and Minnie Caldwell, played by Margot Bryant she made up the formidable trio that held court in the snug of local public house, the Rovers Return.
- In addition to the Chicas, Divito included in Rico Tipo a whole series of characters that portrayed aspects recognizable to the average citizen: Pochita Morfoni, an obese woman who only thinks about food; Fulmine, an ugly man dressed in black who brings bad luck and misfortune; Fallutelli, prototype sycophantic employee and traitor to his fellows; Bombolo, a fat good-natured and naive man who cannot understand figurative speech and always take things literally; Gracielita, a very modern, waspish girl.
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