waspishadjective
uk/ˈwɒs.pɪʃ/us/ˈwɑː.spɪʃ/disapprovinglikely to make sharp, slightly cruel remarks; having a slightly angry and unpleasant manner:
She had a waspish tongue which could hurt.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- insensible
- malign
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- unsympathetic
See more results »