Saucy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Impertinent or disrespectful.
  • adj. Impertinent in an entertaining way; impossible to repress or control.
  • adj. Piquant; pert: a saucy red bow tie.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
  • adj. Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
  • adj. Impudently bold; pert; piquant.
  • adj. Mildly erotic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent.
  • adj. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of sauce or impertinence; flippantly bold or impudent in speech or conduct; impertinent; characterized by offensive lightness or disrespect in addressing, treating, or speaking of superiors or elders; impudent; pert.
  • Characterized by or expressive of pertness or impudence.
  • Presuming; overbearing.
  • Wanton; prurient; impure.
  • Synonyms and See impudence.
  • Saucily.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. improperly forward or bold
  • adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
  • Equivalent
    forward    spirited   
    Cross Reference
    sassy    sauce   
    Variant
    saucier    sauciest   
    Form
    sauciness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rude    impudent    insolent    impertinent    smart    cheeky   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aussie    Flossie    bossy    glossy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    impudent    naughty    mischievous    pert    haughty    sly    merry    audacious    defiant    coquettish