brackish (adj.)

  1. distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; a thin brackish gruel'

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

    [ Syn: briny ]

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