Insulting vs Saucy - What's the difference?
insulting | saucy | Related terms |
Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
The act of giving insult.
* (Isaac Barrow)
Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
* ~1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice , Act I, scene I, line 143:
Impudently bold; pert; piquant.
Mildly erotic.
Insulting is a related term of saucy.
As adjectives the difference between insulting and saucy
is that insulting is containing insult, or having the intention of insulting while saucy is similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.As a verb insulting
is .As a noun insulting
is the act of giving insult.insulting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He received an insulting letter.
Derived terms
* insultinglyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
Anagrams
*saucy
English
Adjective
(er)- If this be known to you, and your allowance/ When we have done you bold and saucy wrongs.
- She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders.
- My wife and I enjoyed the dancing, but she found it a little too saucy .