Definition of sassy in English:

sassy

adjectivesassiest, sassier ˈsasiˈsæsi

informal

Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky.
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

Derivatives

sassily

adverb

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.

sassiness

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.

Origin

Mid 19th century: variant of saucy.

Rhymes

bassi, Brassey, brassie, chassis, gassy, Haile Selassie, lassie, Malagasy, Manasseh, massé, massy, Tallahassee

Definition of sassy in US English:

sassy

adjectiveˈsasēˈsæsi

informal

Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky.
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

Origin

Mid 19th century: variant of saucy.

单词	sassy
释义	Definition of sassy in English: sassy adjectivesassiest, sassier ˈsasiˈsæsi informal Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky. 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 Derivatives sassily adverb 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. sassiness 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. Origin Mid 19th century: variant of saucy. Rhymes bassi, Brassey, brassie, chassis, gassy, Haile Selassie, lassie, Malagasy, Manasseh, massé, massy, Tallahassee Definition of sassy in US English: sassy adjectiveˈsasēˈsæsi informal Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky. 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 Origin Mid 19th century: variant of saucy.
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