brackish
adjective
- somewhat salty, as the water of some marshes near the sea
- having an unpleasant taste; nauseating
See brackish in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(brăkˈĭsh)
adjective- Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: “You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket” (Robert Lowell).
- Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.
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