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sauce-y

sauce-y is the alternative form of saucy.

Meaning of saucy

Adjective

saucy (comparative saucier, superlative sauciest)

  1. Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
    • Bring the tomatoes to a boil and then simmer until they reach a saucy consistency.
  2. (figuratively) Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
    • She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders.
  3. Impudently bold; pert.
    • Her mouth was large, and she had a saucy, pronounced chin.1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon
  4. Sharp; pungent; piquant.
  5. Mildly erotic.
    • I enjoyed the dancing, but my husband found it a little too saucy.

Forms of sauce-y

comparativemore sauce-y
superlativemost sauce-y

Phrases with sauce-y

Questions about sauce-y

What is sauce-y the alternative form of?
Sauce-y is the alternative form of saucy.

Words near sauce-y in the dictionary

  1. sauce crayons
  2. sauce for the goose
  3. Sauce Robert
  4. sauce up
  5. sauce-alone
  6. sauce-y
  7. sauceboat
  8. sauceboats
  9. saucebox
  10. sauceboxes
  11. sauced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sauce-y (page history and authors); saucy (page history and authors). 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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