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Sassy

/ˈsasi/ · adjective

Meaning

Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.
  2. (of clothes) Smart, fashionable; stylish; chic.
  3. Lively, vigorous.

Example Sentences

Yes, gemmen, we mus stan on our zarve rights. Wat! shall de sassy wite man Nullifly the Guberment? and shall not we, de color men, Nullifly de wite one?
When the red skins seed that the British and Americans war going to clapper clawing, they thought it war time for them to raze up thar brissls, and look out for plunder. They begun to be a leetle too sassy for cumfirt.
Oh, did n't I handle my gun, boys, – / My gun, boys, with shout upon shout? / And did n't the balls rain among us? / And did n't the blood run about? / A shipmate was dashed dead beside me; / The splinters flew – death-yells uprolled; / Oh, sassy that fight of old Erie! / More sassy, though, Perry the Bold!
Brought her down with a crack of the bull-dogs, jest as she was makin' off: she's the sassiest of the whole lot, as white wenches always be.
Jokes about blacks were more closely drawn from English jokes mocking servants and Irish people […] Many other jokes featured sassy servants besting their masters by playing dumb and taking instructions overly literally—another trope common in English servant jokes.
But for those of you that don't know, what men really like, is for you to talk to them with a feisty little attitude. You spark their fire when you do that. The feistier and sassier you act, the better.
The top isn't really slutty. Just a little sassier, more revealing than I'd usually go for.
There was only so much packing one could do that was appropriate for army training and I was pretty sure my sassiest outfit and latest face enhancers were not required.

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Related Words

cheekybrashimpudentinsolentprocaciousinsultingpertimpertinentrudedisrespectfulsexysmartcavalierunashamedflipfreshsnottyhotbrazensaucy

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What does sassy mean?

Sassy means Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy..

What is a synonym for sassy?

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How do you use sassy in a sentence?

Yes, gemmen, we mus stan on our zarve rights. Wat! shall de sassy wite man Nullifly the Guberment? and shall not we, de color men, Nullifly de wite one?

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