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sauce
Synonyms and Antonyms of sauce
1
a savory fluid food used as a topping or accompaniment to a main dish
2
disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request
comeback, rejoinder, retort, riposte, wisecrack
cuteness, discourtesy, disrespect, guff, impoliteness, nonsense, rudeness, tactlessness
audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brazenness
coarseness, crassness, crudity, vulgarity
abruptness, bluffness, bluntness, brusqueness, crossness, curtness, gruffness, surliness
3
shameless boldness
audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa), crust, effrontery, face, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauciness, temerity
4
slang
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle, drink, firewater, grog, hooch [slang], inebriant, intoxicant, John Barleycorn, juice [slang], liquor, lush [slang], moonshine, potable, rum, spirits, stimulant, strong drink, tipple
aperitif, bracer, chaser, digestif, nightcap
belt, load, nip, peg [British], pop, shooter, shot, slug, snifter, snort, tot, whet
ale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski [slang], home brew, malt liquor, microbrew, mum, nappy [chiefly Scottish]
barley-bree (also barley-broo) [chiefly Scottish], brandy, gin, liqueur, mao-tai, mescal, schnapps, tequila, vodka, whiskey (or whisky)
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