Brackish (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Briny

Related Words

• Brackishness (noun)

Meaning ²

Distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; "a thin brackish gruel".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• The brackish air in the abandoned house made it hard to breathe due to the mixture of stale air and mold.
• The once-clear stream had become brackish from years of pollution and neglect.
• She was served a brackish soup that tasted more like dirty water than a culinary delight.
• The brackish smell of the old fridge was overwhelming, a mix of rotten food and stale air.
• The brackish water in the aquarium was slowly killing the fish, a result of poor maintenance and neglect.