Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > W Synonyms of waspish Find synonyms for: Adjective1. bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish, ill-natured (vs. good-natured)usage: very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of waspish (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: triumphalism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language