brackish

Definition of Brackish in English :

1. brackish

distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture

Example Sentences:
'a thin brackish gruel'

2. brackish, briny

slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)

Example Sentences:
'a brackish lagoon'
'the briny deep'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brackish

adjective

(of water) slightly briny or salty

adjective

1.

somewhat salty, as the water of some marshes near the sea

2.

having an unpleasant taste; nauseating

adj.

1.

a. Being or containing water that is somewhat salty but less salty than sea water.

b. Having a somewhat salty taste or smell: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife / Here in Nantucket" (Robert Lowell).

2. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.