brackish
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈbrækɪʃ/
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desagradable
- The hospital sewer system is backed up, and the air smells brackish.
And Oh yeah, over there in Flint, baby, those dirty water motels, you know, those brackish little bed shops, baby, onward.
- And Oh yeah, over there in Flint, baby, those dirty water motels, you know, those brackish little bed shops, baby, onward.
- You know, I sometimes get real brackish and in my brain and, and so I just want to be clear, man.
- It's out there, You know, that brackish bad girl, she's out there, you know, just being a real honestly a real bitch.
Examples
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You know, I sometimes get real brackish and in my brain and, and so I just want to be clear, man.
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And Oh yeah, over there in Flint, baby, those dirty water motels, you know, those brackish little bed shops, baby, onward.
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After a long hike, I was disappointed to find that the only water source was brackish and undrinkable.
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The soldier described the rations as brackish, making the already difficult experience even less enjoyable.
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The chef warned that the seafood might taste brackish due to the quality of the water used during preservation.
Synonyms
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
brackish = brack (opaque) = brack + ish
This figurative sense develops from the older salty/briny meaning, but the unpleasantness meaning is not directly predictable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Brackish was first used for partly salty water and then used more widely for tastes or feelings made unpleasant by a bad mix. That's why brackish can mean 'distasteful' or 'spoiled by mixture'.