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as in unappetizing
disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste
the office coffee is often some brackish brew that's been sitting around for a couple of hours
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Recent Examples of brackish
In middle age, though, the only seaway Melville encountered was the brackish Hudson and his journeys consisted of tabulating the wool unloaded from Manchester, rum from Havana, and tea from Calcutta.
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Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The Thames, where saltwater meets fresh, has become a rare brackish habitat -- alive again, yet still fragile.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2025
The area includes a mix of tidal salt marsh, brackish wetlands, saltwater, freshwater and wildlife habitats.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
That flood irrigation raised the water table so high that brackish groundwater brought harmful salt concentrations right to the roots of crops.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The Thames, where saltwater meets fresh, has become a rare brackish habitat -- alive again, yet still fragile.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2025
The area includes a mix of tidal salt marsh, brackish wetlands, saltwater, freshwater and wildlife habitats.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
That flood irrigation raised the water table so high that brackish groundwater brought harmful salt concentrations right to the roots of crops.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brackish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackish
Adjective
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The administration has asked for an astonishing $200 billion to fund a war that the president also sporadically claims is over, giving legislators an unappetizing choice between funding a quagmire or else walking away and leaving a mess behind.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Reaching for your leftover guacamole and discovering it’s turned an unappetizing shade of brown after a day in the fridge.—
Olivia Tarantino,
Martha Stewart,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Carolina cherry laurel is moderately salt tolerant and performs well in coastal landscapes.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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Visitors are not allowed to drink anything underground because the floors — the walls, too — are salt.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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Allowing Iran to continue to control the crucial waterway is likely to be highly unpalatable to Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Dry fields are also vulnerable to noxious weeds like leafy spurge and toadflax, which are toxic to cattle and unpalatable to native ungulates like deer and pronghorn antelope.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Great Salt Lake is the largest saline lake in the Northern Hemisphere, and the world's 8th-largest, said Hannah Freeze, deputy commissioner of the Great Salt Lake.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2026
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The saline lake has been shrinking rapidly since the early 2000s, when the Imperial Irrigation District began selling some of its Colorado River water to growing urban areas under an agreement with agencies in San Diego County and the Coachella Valley.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Ornamental onions, chives, and spring onions produce a scent and flavor that squirrels find distasteful.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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That’s a very distasteful election-year predicament for many.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There were dozens of bizarre and unsavory figures in this world, like New Kids on the Block manager turned Ponzi fraudster Lou Pearlman.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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The scene involves an unsavory routine on how to recognize a shoplifter.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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In the case of this April 1, Atlanta just experienced a horrible and tragic Wednesday in traffic.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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Your cabdriver is taking you on a horrible route.—
Zach Schiffman,
Curbed,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Bisontis’ pass-protection profile doesn’t need a publicist, but his ceiling depends on how much nastier and more consistent the run-blocking becomes.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Andoni Iraola’s side is nasty to play against.—
Jackie Powell,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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