SAUCIEST

SAUCY

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise

(adjective) improperly forward or bold; “don’t be fresh with me”; “impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup”; “an impudent boy given to insulting strangers”; “Don’t get wise with me!”

impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy

(adjective) characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; “a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sauciest

superlative form of saucy: most saucy

Anagrams

• Escutias, suitcase

Source: Wiktionary


SAUCY

Sau"cy, a. [Compar. Saucier; superl. Sauciest.] Etym: [From Sauce.]

1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow. Am I not protector, saucy priest Shak.

2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks. We then have done you bold and sausy wrongs. Shak.

Syn.

– Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 June 2025

DISPIRITEDLY

(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”


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