saucy

1. (figurative) Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.Examples: "She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders."; "If this be knowne to you, and your Allowance, / We then haue done you bold, and ſaucie wrongs."; "And books!—Thomson, Cowper, Scott;—she would buy them all over and over again; she would buy up every copy I believe, to prevent their falling into unworthy hands; and she would have every book that tells her how to admire an old twisted tree. Should not you, Marianne? Forgive me, if I am very saucy. But I was willing to shew you that I had not forgot our old disputes."Synonyms: audacious, bold, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, brazen, brazen-facedfiguratively