brackish English

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brackish Adjective

— Brackish water or briny water is water that is more salty than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. The water from rivers becomes brakish at the mouth of the river.

brackish

— adjective distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture a thin brackish gruel

— adjective (= briny) slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) a brackish lagoon the briny deep

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brackish English » English

salty

briny

bitter

sour

salt

saline

bad tasting

unpleasant

saltish

distasteful

unsavory

unrelenting

unpleasing

unpalatable

uncongenial

uncivil

unappealing

somewhat salt

snobbish

snob

slightly salt

seawater

salt water

rude

repulsive

objectionable

noisome

nauseous

ill-favoured

grotty

dislikable

discourteous

disagreeable

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