What is another word for brackish?

Pronunciation: [bɹˈakɪʃ] (IPA)

Brackish refers to a slightly salty taste in water or an unpleasant mixture of salt and freshwater. There are several synonyms for brackish that can be used to describe this taste or flavor. These include saline, salty, briny, bitter, sharp, tart, tangy, pungent, acrid, and astringent. Each of these words can be used to describe the taste of brackish water, food, or even a personality that has a somewhat bitter quality. It's important to choose the right synonym depending on the context in which it's used. Some words may have a negative connotation, while others may have a more positive connotation.

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What are the hypernyms for Brackish?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for brackish?

Brackish refers to a vaguely unpleasant taste that is not quite salty or sweet, and thus, finding appropriate antonyms for it can be a bit tricky. However, words like fresh, pure, clean, and sweet are suitable antonyms for brackish. Fresh refers to something that is newly produced or has not been stored for a long time, and it's mostly associated with beverages like water and milk. Pure is a better antonym for brackish when it refers to water or air, as it means clean and free from contaminants. Clean means free from dirt, while sweet is the opposite of bitter and sour but has a higher concentration of sugar.

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Usage examples for Brackish

The favorite feeding ground is a salt marsh, with springs and creeks of brackish water.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
What I got I dissolved in my mouth and found it brackish; however, I suspected it would be sweeter and perhaps not so stonily frozen higher up, where there was less chance of the salt spray mingling with it, and I resolved when the light came to fill my empty beer-bottles as with salt or pounded sugar for use hereafter-that is, if it should prove sweet; as to melting it, I had indeed a tinder-box and the means of obtaining fire, but no fuel.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
I must not omit, however, to mention, that the water had become slightly brackish, but not so as to be unpalatable, or even, indeed, perceptible, except to persons unused to it.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell

Famous quotes with Brackish

  • The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil; They exist and that is all.
    Thiruvalluvar

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