Savage vs Sassy - What's the difference?
savage | sassy |
wild; not cultivated
* Dryden
barbaric; not civilized
* 1719-
* E. D. Griffin
fierce and ferocious
brutal, vicious or merciless
(UK, slang) unpleasant or unfair
(pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
* 1847 , , Tancred: or The New Crusade , page 251
(figuratively) A defiant person.
To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
(figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
, title= (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
(obsolete) To make savage.
* South
Impudent.
* 2007 , John Wood Sweet, Bodies Politic (page 303)
Bold and spirited; cheeky.
Somewhat sexy and provocative.
Vigorous.
Lively.
* 2012 , Jeff Koehler, Morocco: A Culinary Journey (page 10)
As adjectives the difference between savage and sassy
is that savage is wild; not cultivated while sassy is impudent.As a noun savage
is an uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.As a verb savage
is to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.As a proper noun Savage
is {{surname|lang=en}.savage
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a savage wilderness
- savage berries of the wood
- savage manners
- I observed a place where there had been a fire made, and a circle dug in the earth, like a cockpit, where I supposed the savage wretches had sat down to their human feastings upon the bodies of their fellow-creatures.
- What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity?
- savage beasts
- a savage spirit
- He gave the dog a savage kick.
- The woman was killed in a savage manner.
- - I'll see you in detention.
- Ah, savage !
Noun
(en noun)- 'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the savages'.'
'They are not ' savages , Freeman.'
'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.'
Verb
(transitive)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.}}
- Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.
Anagrams
*sassy
English
Adjective
(er)- Many other jokes featured sassy servants besting their masters by playing dumb and taking instructions overly literally — another trope common in English servant jokes.
- Olives and preserved lemons add sassy tartness to salads, chicken tagines, and fish dishes