Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sass
Participle: sassed
Gerund: sassing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | sass |
| you | sass |
| he;she;it | sasses |
| we | sass |
| you | sass |
| they | sass |
Perfect
| I | have sassed |
| you | have sassed |
| he;she;it | has sassed |
| we | have sassed |
| you | have sassed |
| they | have sassed |
Past
| I | sassed |
| you | sassed |
| he;she;it | sassed |
| we | sassed |
| you | sassed |
| they | sassed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sassed |
| you | had sassed |
| he;she;it | had sassed |
| we | had sassed |
| you | had sassed |
| they | had sassed |
Future
| I | will sass |
| you | will sass |
| he;she;it | will sass |
| we | will sass |
| you | will sass |
| they | will sass |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sassed |
| you | will have sassed |
| he;she;it | will have sassed |
| we | will have sassed |
| you | will have sassed |
| they | will have sassed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sass |
| you | sass |
| he;she;it | sass |
| we | sass |
| you | sass |
| they | sass |
Perfect
| I | have sassed |
| you | have sassed |
| he;she;it | have sassed |
| we | have sassed |
| you | have sassed |
| they | have sassed |
Imperfect
| I | sassed |
| you | sassed |
| he;she;it | sassed |
| we | sassed |
| you | sassed |
| they | sassed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sassed |
| you | had sassed |
| he;she;it | had sassed |
| we | had sassed |
| you | had sassed |
| they | had sassed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sass |
| you | would sass |
| he;she;it | would sass |
| we | would sass |
| you | would sass |
| they | would sass |
Perfect
| I | would have sassed |
| you | would have sassed |
| he;she;it | would have sassed |
| we | would have sassed |
| you | would have sassed |
| they | would have sassed |
Imperative
| you | sass |
| we | Let's sass |
| you | sass |
Verbs conjugated like 'sass'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sass'
bass,
cass,
dass,
mass,
pass,
sash,
sess,
siss,
soss,
suss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- disputatively or sarcastically respond
- backtalk, mouth off
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Variant of sauce.
Sample Sentences
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The duke he begun to abuse him for an old fool, and the king begun to sass back; and the minute they was fairly at it, I lit out, and shook the reefs out of my hind legs, and spun down the river road like a deer—for I see our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever see me and Jim again. [1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXI, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 316:]
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“But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.” [1894, Mark Twain, chapter 2, in Tom Sawyer Abroad:]
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Don’t sass your teachers!
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“This isn’t any of your business, Ilse Burnley,” muttered Jennie, sullenly.
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“Oh, isn’t it? Don’t you sass me, Piggy-eyes.” Ilse walked up to the retreating Jennie and shook a sunburned fist in her face. [1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon:]