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salty

salty

10 8.4
Feeling annoyed and bitter after losing or being treated unfairly
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɔlti/
  • Slang
translation icon : resentido
  • But like, she's just salty that you're dating her ex.
  • get salty
  • pretty salty
  • salty tears

And here Le Guin gets pretty salty and and rightly so.

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Examples

  • Everybody who reads your blogs can tell you're salty about something!

    Blog text (29)
  • He's still salty we didn't use him as our realtor.

  • Also about why they were a little salty, to say the least.

    Blog text (24)
  • And if you thought I was salty on Tuesday, imagine the salt.

  • I see some of you sisters in the crowd are a little salty.

  • Yeah, well, let's not get salty, Mac.

  • And so like, I got super freaking salty about this not working as well as I wanted it to.

  • And I am not just salty that I do not have any hall passes, OK, And that I was not selected for student body president, OK?

  • She was salty after losing the game to her rival.

  • He's always salty when someone criticizes his work.

Synonyms

pissy
vssalty
  • Offensive
18 9.6

Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood

is a bitter, reactive annoyance after losing or being treated unfairly
a bit salty
vssalty
  • Slang
8.8

Slightly rude or sarcastic in what someone says

is an irritated, bitter feeling often caused by loss or unfair treatment

Antonyms

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

unbothered
  • Informal
1 4.8

Not feeling worried or upset by something

Idioms

a bit salty
  • Slang
8.8

Slightly rude or sarcastic in what someone says

Compounds

A strong craving for salty foods like chips or pretzels

How Annoyed

seething
6.1
bitter
360 2.5
salty
  • Slang
10 8.4
irritated
44 3.1
peeved
11 6.7

Surface Forms

salty positive
saltier comparative
saltiest superlative

Morphology

salty = salt (semi-transparent) = salt + y

This informal, slang sense ('annoyed, bitter') is a later figurative shift from earlier metaphorical uses and may not be predictable for all learners.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember salty in slang is to think of salt making a taste harsh or bitter. So if someone is salty, they feel 'annoyed' or bitter, often after losing or being treated unfairly.