sassy
Syllables: sas·syUK/ˈsasi/US/ˈsæsi/
sassy adjective: bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.
Adjective
sassy (comparative sassier, superlative sassiest)
- Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.
- Yes, gemmen, we mus stan on our zarve rights. Wat! shall de sassy wite man Nullifly the Guberment? and shall not we, de color men, Nullifly de wite one?1833, Elnathan Elmwood [pseudonym; Asa Greene], “A Meeting of Black Politicians—Cæsar Johnson’s Speech on Nullification”, in A Yankee among the Nullifiers: An Auto-biography, 2nd edition, New York...
- When the red skins seed that the British and Americans war going to clapper clawing, they thought it war time for them to raze up thar brissls, and look out for plunder. They begun to be a leetle too sassy for cumfirt.1840, [Davy] Crockett, “Colonel Crockett’s History of the Life of Gen. [William Henry] Harrison, alias Old Tippecanoe”, in The American Miscellany of Popular Tales, Essays, Sketches of Character...
- Smart, fashionable; stylish; chic.
- The top isn't really slutty. Just a little sassier, more revealing than I'd usually go for.2014, Jane Costello, chapter 20, in The Time of Our Lives, London: Simon & Schuster UK, →ISBN, page 179
- There was only so much packing one could do that was appropriate for army training and I was pretty sure my sassiest outfit and latest face enhancers were not required.2014, Kate O'Leary, chapter 1, in Twell and the Rebellion (The Como Chronicles; book 2), White Bear Lake, Minn.: Fire and Ice, Melange Books, →ISBN, page 5
- Lively, vigorous.
- Olives and preserved lemons add sassy tartness to salads, chicken tagines, and fish dishes […]2012, Jeff Koehler, Morocco: A Culinary Journey with Recipes from the Spice-scented Markets of Marrakech to the Date-filled Oasis of Zagora, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 10
Proper noun capitalized: Sassy
Sassy
- A diminutive of the female given name Saskia.
sassy meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada and Punjabi
sassy in Hindi
- सैसी
sassy in Marathi
- सॅसी
sassy in Kannada
- ಸ್ಯಾಸಿ
sassy in Punjabi
- ਸੈਸੀ
Examples of sassy in a sentence
- He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
- Sweet, sensitive, and impossibly sassy, V is many fans' bias, and an integral member of the group.
- BRER RABBIT came pacing down the road, lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity, just as sassy as a jaybird.
Forms of sassy
| comparative | sassier |
|---|---|
| superlative | sassiest |
Origin of sassy
A modification of saucy, equivalent to sass + -y, originally used in American English. First attested in 1799, but in common usage only as of the mid-19th century.
Words formed from sassy
Words that rhyme with sassy
Questions about sassy
- What does sassy mean?
- Sassy means bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.
- What is sassy in Hindi?
- Sassy in Hindi is सैसी. See Sassy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sassy?
- Sassy can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sassy?
- Sassy is pronounced /ˈsasi/ (UK).
Words near sassy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sassy (page history and authors); Sassy (page history and authors); sassy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sassy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sassy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sassy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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