brackish

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Adjective brackish has 1 sense

brackish, briny - slightly salty; "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep"
Antonym: fresh (indirect, via salt)

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Term: brackish

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Salty or slightly salty; mixed with seawater.

Sample Sentence 1: The brackish taste of the water indicated its proximity to the ocean.

Sense 2: Unpleasant or distasteful; not fully enjoyable.

Sample Sentence 2: He had a brackish feeling after watching the horror movie.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: A mixture of fresh and saltwater.

Sample Sentence 1: The mangrove forest thrived in the brackish of the river delta.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Sense 1: In a brackish manner; with a slight taste of salt or unpleasantness.

Sample Sentence 1: They cautiously sipped, brackish, at the seawater concoction.