brackish

About 0.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
2. adjective Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
3. adjective Repulsive. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

briny salt saline brinish saltish salty saltyish briney sea-salted semisaline

Often followed by

water waters and or marshes to taste lake lagoons

Word family

brackishness brackishnesses