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Definition of sassy in English: sassyadjectivesassiest, sassier ˈsasiˈsæsi informal Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky. 〈非正式,主北美〉活泼的,大胆的,充满活力的;厚脸皮的,无礼的 Toni was smart and sassy and liked to pretend she was a hard nut Example sentencesExamples - She was career-orientated, she was smart, she was sassy and confident.
- In other words this is sassy, bold, sophisticated cooking.
- It has a cutting-edge modernity and sassy, youthful energy.
- She was smart, cute, sassy, and I fell for her fast - a once in a lifetime whirlwind romance, you know?
- It's funny, it's smart, it's endearing and it's a little sassy too.
- Hazel is an English rose who is graceful, elegant and sassy.
- She manages a brash, confident, and sassy manner that works well in the part, but is not overdone to the point of being unwelcome.
- Toni, her best friend, was smart and sassy, liked to pretend she was a hard nut, though underneath it all, she was a hopeless romantic.
- Taureans can be as wild and sassy, bad and brilliant, fast and smart as anyone when they care to.
- With a smart, sassy script and a winning lead performance, the film is virtually impossible to dislike.
- Pop songs sung by female teen vocalists became associated with sassy dance moves and flashy midriffs.
- The film is smart, sassy, and thoroughly enjoyable, and features one of the most endearing and believable characters to grace the screen this year.
- I think you'll really like this girl - she's smart, sophisticated, and sassy - but not too sassy.
- Smart and sassy becomes smarmy and crass at the touch of the middlebrow.
- She was smart, sassy and beautiful - and there has never been a voice to equal hers on the pop music scene.
- Here we have a mother and daughter duo with tight clothes and sassy attitudes who are forever searching for men.
- This pig-tailed cutie grew up to be a sassy, soul-singing beauty.
- She took a few sassy steps forward and then stopped in the middle of the space between them all.
- The sets and atmosphere are dingy, with performers dressed in jeans and sneakers and leather jackets, and conveying a sassy, modern manner in their characters' persona.
- Her vocals are alternately sassy, playful and scolding, though they always retain a composure that makes them more detached than outrightly emotional.
Synonyms impudent, impertinent, insolent, presumptuous, forward, pert, bold, bold as brass, brazen, brazen-faced, shameless, audacious, overfamiliar, irreverent, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, impolite, bad-mannered, ill-mannered, unmannerly, mannerless, rude, insulting
Derivativesadverb informal ‘I'm trying to be lady-like and not stuff my face like you heathens,’ I replied sassily. Example sentencesExamples - She just flipped her long blonde curls sassily and flirted her ocean blue eyes, which were framed by long, mascaraed eyelashes.
- ‘It's like everywhere else: certain kinds of music become fashionable, so everybody goes out and buys it,’ she remarks sassily.
- Only Clair was in the room, standing in front of me, her arms folded sassily, her cold, brown eyes narrowed at me.
- She kept on talking at me about something I had done wrong, and I spoke up sassily.
noun informal I've learnt a lot from it, for example my posture is better and I walk with some sassiness in my step! Example sentencesExamples - There was a freshness and sassiness to the production - a sense that the film-makers were thumbing their noses at serious action movies by juicing up the admittedly silly premise of a '70s girl-power TV show.
- Every now and then you still get a glimpse of the old frontier sassiness.
- They are only in their 20s and there's a freshness and sassiness in their art.
- I guess I want to see less sassiness and more good art, which they are thankfully in the business of making.
OriginMid 19th century: variant of saucy. Rhymesbassi, Brassey, brassie, chassis, gassy, Haile Selassie, lassie, Malagasy, Manasseh, massé, massy, Tallahassee Definition of sassy in US English: sassyadjectiveˈsasēˈsæsi informal Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky. 〈非正式,主北美〉活泼的,大胆的,充满活力的;厚脸皮的,无礼的 Example sentencesExamples - She manages a brash, confident, and sassy manner that works well in the part, but is not overdone to the point of being unwelcome.
- Taureans can be as wild and sassy, bad and brilliant, fast and smart as anyone when they care to.
- Her vocals are alternately sassy, playful and scolding, though they always retain a composure that makes them more detached than outrightly emotional.
- She was smart, sassy and beautiful - and there has never been a voice to equal hers on the pop music scene.
- The sets and atmosphere are dingy, with performers dressed in jeans and sneakers and leather jackets, and conveying a sassy, modern manner in their characters' persona.
- With a smart, sassy script and a winning lead performance, the film is virtually impossible to dislike.
- It has a cutting-edge modernity and sassy, youthful energy.
- Toni, her best friend, was smart and sassy, liked to pretend she was a hard nut, though underneath it all, she was a hopeless romantic.
- I think you'll really like this girl - she's smart, sophisticated, and sassy - but not too sassy.
- Hazel is an English rose who is graceful, elegant and sassy.
- It's funny, it's smart, it's endearing and it's a little sassy too.
- In other words this is sassy, bold, sophisticated cooking.
- Smart and sassy becomes smarmy and crass at the touch of the middlebrow.
- She was career-orientated, she was smart, she was sassy and confident.
- The film is smart, sassy, and thoroughly enjoyable, and features one of the most endearing and believable characters to grace the screen this year.
- She was smart, cute, sassy, and I fell for her fast - a once in a lifetime whirlwind romance, you know?
- Pop songs sung by female teen vocalists became associated with sassy dance moves and flashy midriffs.
- She took a few sassy steps forward and then stopped in the middle of the space between them all.
- This pig-tailed cutie grew up to be a sassy, soul-singing beauty.
- Here we have a mother and daughter duo with tight clothes and sassy attitudes who are forever searching for men.
Synonyms impudent, impertinent, insolent, presumptuous, forward, pert, bold, bold as brass, brazen, brazen-faced, shameless, audacious, overfamiliar, irreverent, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, impolite, bad-mannered, ill-mannered, unmannerly, mannerless, rude, insulting
OriginMid 19th century: variant of saucy. |