as in disrespect
disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request
an old-fashioned diner where getting sass from the waitstaff is part of the experience
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Recent Examples of sass
While a small role in terms of solo singing, Maddison stood out with her one liners, sass, and overall commitment to her character.
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Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Okay, Joy, get in there with the sass!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026
Alayna Sylvester as Maureen Pearl/ White Girl brings a lot of sass and physical acumen to her portrayals.
—Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2026
Her sass pretty much sealed the deal on our guesses.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
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Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Okay, Joy, get in there with the sass!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026
Alayna Sylvester as Maureen Pearl/ White Girl brings a lot of sass and physical acumen to her portrayals.
—Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2026
Her sass pretty much sealed the deal on our guesses.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sass
Noun
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The idea is a partial and symbolic sharing, and the purpose is to break the link between hard work and disrespect.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Historical novelists are often charged with disrespect and unseriousness, of ransacking the archives for sensational scenery to hang behind their conventional family sagas and love stories.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Cronin has long toed the line of humor and impudence, appearing in social media clips all season.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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But such aesthetic impudence is par for the course at the kaleidoscopic seaside pleasure dome of architect Chet Callahan, his husband, finance executive Jacinto Hernandez, and their teenage sons, Hernan and Noe.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Turner, in her incendiary film debut, drapes Matty in haughty insolence, desperate unattainability, and seductive refinement.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Mar. 2026
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As the argument grew heated, Sheikh Dibo could not believe the young foreigner’s insolence.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Comprising classmates Nilsson, Nutt, James Falconer, Suellen Rocca, Art Green, and Karl Wirsum, the Who held their first exhibition at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Center in 1966, ushering a new mode of dank, bawdy rudeness into the city’s milieu.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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But these days civility, much like rudeness, can ride a stream of shares and retweets to the far corners of the world.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Before the doors opened, youth lion dancers moved through the space in a traditional blessing ceremony, weaving between guests and collecting dollar bills offered through the lions’ mouths as onlookers cheered.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
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Through narrow, treacherous tunnels, some waterlogged and cold enough for wetsuits, others so tight oxygen was scarce, the men navigated 260 meters (approximately 850 feet), from the chamber they’d been trapped in to the cave’s mouth, a distance equivalent to the height of a 78-story building.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
Noun
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There’s no back talk and no emotional baggage, just pure obedience.—
Jason Parham,
Wired News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Jason Isaacs isn't here for all the muggle back talk.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
Noun
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For those staying at Elang Private Residence, meals can be directed by the guests or left to the chef, serving up, say, lamb satay on sugarcane skewers, seafood with mango sambal, slices of rare beef with tiny pots of rendang sauce.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The restaurant is known for its fresh pastas with light sauces in a rustic but trendy dining room.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2026
Noun
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This decision unfortunately led to more jokes and tongue planted firmly in cheek (akin to the slapstick reshooting of Superman II by Richard Lester for a more child-appealing and less ambitious approach than Richard Donner’s own Superman II footage before he was fired from the project).—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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When creating Dern’s look, Hayward skipped pinky hues on the cheeks.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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“Sass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sass. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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