saucy

saucy is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
2. superlative. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
3. adjective. improperly forward or bold

   "don't be fresh with me"

   "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"

   Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, smart, wise

4. adjective. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

   "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

   Synonyms: impertinent, irreverent, pert

Synonyms

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, smart, wise, irreverent, pert

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in saucy:

cuyas, yucas

Common word forms

saucier, saucily, sauciest

Words from these letters

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