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saucy 音标拼音: [s'ɔsi] a. 傲慢的,莽撞的,活泼的,漂亮的 傲慢的,莽撞的,活泼的,漂亮的 saucy adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; " a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [ synonym: { 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!" [ synonym: { fresh}, { impertinent}, { impudent}, { overbold}, { smart}, { saucy}, { sassy}, { wise}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Am I not protector, saucy priest? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks. [ 1913 Webster] We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude. [ 1913 Webster] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for " saucy": arch, arrogant, audacious, bantam, biggety, bluff, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, challenging, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocky, combative, contemptuous, contumelious, crusty, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, facy, flip, flippant, fresh, frivolous, gally, gratuitous, greatly daring, impertinent, impudent, insolent, intrusive, light- minded, malapert, meddlesome, nervy, obtrusive, pert, procacious, regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, smart, smart- alecky, smart- ass, uncalled- for, volatile, wise, wise- ass
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