salt
- adjective
- /sɔlt/
- His salt remarks during the meeting offended several of his colleagues.
Examples
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She made a salt comment about his choice of outfit, leaving him feeling embarrassed.
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The critics gave the film salt reviews, highlighting its flaws and shortcomings.
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If you try to soothe a narcissistic person score wound, they'll often feel like you are pouring salt on their wound, pun intended.
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If you try to soothe a narcissistic person score wound, they'll often feel like you are pouring salt on their wound, pun intended.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A kind, honest, reliable person who helps others in their community
- Informal
To make someone's bad feelings worse by reminding them of a disappointment
- Archaic
To be in a lower social or work position and have other people treat you as less important
Compounds
The capital of Utah near the Great Salt Lake and home to the main offices of the Mormon Church
A white salt you put in warm water to soothe sore muscles, relieve constipation, or feed plants
- Specialized
A substance in bile that helps break down fats so the body can digest them
- Literature
A serious promise that is meant to last forever, often used in old religious books
- Specialized
A salt made by replacing two hydrogen atoms in an acid with metal atoms
- Specialized
A solid made when two different salts form crystals together and shows some properties of each
- Specialized
A salt that forms when ammonia reacts with an acid and has an NH4+ part
- Specialized
A plant that grows in salt marshes and has small pale purple or white flowers
- Specialized
A white chemical in crystal form that people use as a laxative and in industry
A large flat area of salt and dry land in north central Iran, also called Dasht-e Kavir
- Archaic
A salt from Bad Ems mineral waters that treats throat and nose infections
- Specialized
A white crystal used as a mild laxative and in early electrical devices
- Specialized
A plant with daisy-like flowers that lives in salt marshes and comes back each year
A white wheat bread made with bacteria that can grow in salty dough and a cornmeal starter
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember salt as an adjective for harsh or painful speech is to think of salt on a wound, which stings and makes things hurt. That's why a salt remark feels sharp and painful.