| ADJECTIVE | all | brackish | distasteful and unpleasant |
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| all | brackish, briny | slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) |
| Sounds | brae'kihsh | |
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| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture. | |
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| Example | "a thin brackish gruel" | |
| Broader | unpalatable | not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind |
| Meaning | slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water). | |
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| Example | "a brackish lagoon" | |
| Synonym | briny | |
| Broader | salty | Containing or filled with salt |
| Spanish | salado, salobre | |
| Nouns | brackishness | the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water |
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