sassy

Word family

sas·sy /ˈsæsi/ adjectiveadj American EnglishAmE

1. RUDE/IMPOLITEa child who is sassy is rude to someone they should respect 〔小孩〕粗鲁的，无礼的 SYN British English cheeky

2. ATTRACTsomeone, especially a woman, who is sassy is confident and does not really care what other people think about her 〔尤指女人〕自信的，不在乎别人看法的 SYN feisty

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sassy• His Farrow is smart, sassy and sexy, a woman who has learned how to turn her disability into an asset.• She was sassy and smart, and all the kids liked her.• a sassy brat• Her public image is that of a sassy mystic, but she has the showbiz mastery of a Gloria Swanson.• What Ida Rebecca saw was a frail little creature with her hair cut in the sassy new pageboy bob.• The three journalists who interviewed Putin for this book were pleasingly sassy on occasion.• Becky was a sassy, rambunctious New York girl he'd met when visiting his aunt.• She looked sassy, she thought, as she swung her long jet hair, careful not to dislodge the jasmine.

Origin sassy

(1800-1900) saucy

sas·sy adjectiveadj

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