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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality;
- Example: "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"
[syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]

2. improperly forward or bold;
- Example: "don't be fresh with me"
- Example: "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"
- Example: "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"
- Example: "Don't get wise with me!"
[syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saucy \Sau"cy\, a. [Compar. Saucier; superl. Sauciest.]
   [From Sauce.]
   1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing
      the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt;
      impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
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            Am I not protector, saucy priest?     --Shak.
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   2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence;
      impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
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            We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs. --Shak.
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   Syn: Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

saucy
    adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
           certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn:
           impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]
    2: 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!"
       [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold,
       smart, saucy, sassy, wise]