as in wise
displaying or marked by rude boldness
sassy kids shouting, "Out of our way, you old geezer!"
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Recent Examples of sassy
As for Winnie herself, Anagnos described her as the sweetest, sassiest toddler there is.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Room Essentials 7-Ounce Plum Glass ‘Sassy’ Candle Bring out your sassy side with this 7-ounce glass candle.
—Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
The trailer begins with Gatwa, dressed to the nines in a pink gown and matching gloves, playing a piano riff before leaning back to give viewers a sassy wink.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Fancy a story about young, sassy women chasing professional and romantic success in the big city?
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sassy
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The decision to put Kreider in over Kyle Connor, who has 30 goals this year, did not end up looking like a wise one.—
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Plunkett is not the first critic to trouble the popular conception of Frost as a wise woodsman dispensing comfort and inspiration.—
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Other rooms feature bold patterns and a mixture of textures.—
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What transpires during these tentpole events will spark much discussion and prompt bold preseason predictions from pigskin prognosticators.—
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The former is a saucy reparto and the latter, has more pop elements laced with the Cuban-urban genre.—
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Flavor variations like Classic Buffalo, Hot Honey, Garlic Parmesan, and Honey Mustard are saucy, tangy, and finger-licking good.—
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Relations between Messi and Ronaldo have thawed somewhat over the years, but there was little doubt the move was intended as a cheeky jab, as Ilenič leaped into the air, spun around and threw his arms down by his sides.—
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This cheeky hippie-esque restaurant is all rainbow hues and eclectic artwork but the best part is the Turkish breakfast set.—
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Their enormous talents, alongside Liam Neeson’s, promise to enrich our film with fresh excitement.—
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Getty Images The rest of Gomez's Santa Barbara festival look was just as fresh and unfussy as her waves.—
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On this Jimmy McHugh cover, her tone is brassy, and clearly influenced by rock singers — but more charming for it.—
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The film, which received high marks at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, covers many of the ups and downs in the life of the brassy singer, dancer and actress who came into her own after the tragic passing of her mother, Judy Garland.—
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Kieran Culkin’s good at being cocky and irreverent, and both of those characters have that.—
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The cocky decision will have unnerving ramifications.—
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More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.—
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.—
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“Sassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sassy. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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