Mischievous vs Saucy - What's the difference?
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Causing mischief; injurious.
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Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
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.
Mischievous is a related term of saucy.
As adjectives the difference between mischievous and saucy
is that mischievous is causing mischief; injurious while saucy is similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.mischievous
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Alternative forms
* mischievious, mischevious (common misspellings)Adjective
(en adjective)- Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
Synonyms
* (causing mischief) harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also * (badly-behaved) badly-behaved, naughtyDerived terms
* mischievously * mischievousnessExternal links
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*saucy
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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 .