Wasp'ish, a.
(wŏsp'ish), a. 1. Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
Sense 2. Quick to resent a trifling affront; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race. Pope.
Synonyms—Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; peevish; captious.