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Meanings of saucy in English

Not showing due respect.

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Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.

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Examples for "irreverent"
1
They were both the new kind of journalist-veryjoyous, irreverent young men.
The Time Machine
2
The fashion world was incredulous: McQueen's approach was considered irreverent and anti-fashion.
The new yorker
3
What irreverent children I have brought up.' He reads, then looks up.
Wolf hall
4
In short it is idiosyncratic and irreverent: all over the place even.
The Irish Times
5
This collection, however, is academically rigorous, accessible and frequently irreverent and lively.
The Irish Times
1
There were parts that she would no longer label pert or perky.
Here comes trouble
2
Her pert little face showed nothing of the anguish in her heart.
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
3
The queen of talk is pert and spruce, but is not pleased.
The Irish Times
4
The sheet had slipped from her shoulders, revealing a pert rounded breast.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
The pert little mess is spoilt enough as it is, Heaven knows.
Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
Usage of saucy in English
1
These two saucy devils were of course Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricardo Villa.
The Guardian
2
They were led forth; Ralph looking as saucy and careless as ever.
The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
3
Helena flung a saucy little glance of defiance at the principal intruder.
The Dictator
4
The saucy young Queen and her friends must be taught a lesson.
Historic Boyhoods
5
The dignity of Wilkinson could not suffer further saucy retort or question.
A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
6
I will repay the saucy wolf this mischief, he thought to himself.
The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends
7
There was a slight, a very slight, tremble in her saucy tones.
Molly Bawn
8
She was so little and so saucy that he had to smile.
Bambi
9
That is one reason that he is so often impudent and saucy.
The Adventures of Buster Bear
10
He looked down at Miss Fuzzytail and winked a saucy black eye.
Mrs. Peter Rabbit
11
Lastly, a recipe that falls somewhere between soup, stew and saucy pasta.
Independent.ie
12
Thou art a strange mixture of courage and fear, my saucy Kate.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
13
You are a saucy, cheeky fellow, and I am not coming back.
Frank Merriwell's Chums
14
Now he stared at the girl's saucy face with a startled flush.
Kenny
15
This recipe for saucy pork casserole is packed full of wholesome flavours.
The South African
16
I wish we had them, instead of these ugly, saucy, dirty birds.
The Settlers at Home
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common