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sassy
1[ sas-ee ]
adjective
- disrespectful or impudent; impertinent; insolent:
Don't get sassy with me!
- boldly stylish and smart; pert:
a sassy red handbag.
sassy
2[ sas-ee ]
noun
sassy
1/ ˈsæsˌwʊd; ˈsæsɪ /
noun
- a W African leguminous tree, Erythrophleum guineense, with poisonous bark ( sassy bark ) and hard strong wood
- the bark or wood of this tree or the alkaloid derived from them, which is sometimes used in medicine
sassy
2/ ˈsæsɪ /
adjective
- informal.insolent, impertinent
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Derived Forms
- ˈsassiness, noun
- ˈsassily, adverb
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Other Words From
- sas·si·ness noun
- sas·si·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sassy2
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Example Sentences
Beyoncé embodied a sassy and independent Sasha Fierce and the sexually confident Yoncé.
In 1992, she was spotted by Sassy magazine, and became a model/intern for the fashion rag.
Would a bisexual man be half as sassy as a gay one, or half as well dressed?
She was a sassy spitfire from Bosnia, just a few months shy of turning 18.
Is there a sassy but kindly Black female lawmaker who lives next door the quartet, speaking sense to men and not taking no guff?
He wuz very peart and sassy, and it was take-it-or-leave-it-and-be-plaguey- quick-about-it all the time.
I thinks to myself I'll learn that girl to get sassy and make me feel like a dumb-head, even if she is purty.
He war sort o' sassy, and de Oberseer strung him up and flog him bery hard.
Yer lookin' a little white in the gills, but peart and sassy, ez usual.
But the landress has grown that sassy they had a reglar shindy this mornin.
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