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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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Flowers are pasted all over it, seemingly at random, and strings of them fall off the hem in an unappetizing way.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
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How to Get More Walnuts Into Your Diet If eating a handful of raw walnuts is unappetizing, there are countless ways to add walnuts to your diet—from topping salads and oatmeal, blending them in a smoothie, or roasting them for a healthy snack.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Star jasmine is moderately salt tolerant but not cold hardy.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
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Then came salt coffee, when a small coffee shop owner in Huế figured that salt and coffee might make for interesting bedfellows.—
Arundhati Hazra,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That containment logic, either overt or covert, has repeatedly reappeared whenever protest has become politically inconvenient and unpalatable to those in power.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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This approach remains a long shot but the alternatives range from unpalatable to unattractive.—
Ali Vaez,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Engineers have refined these high-performance concrete formulations to withstand extreme heat and saline coastal conditions, a bid for the tower’s longevity.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
18 Feb. 2026
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People with burns over a large part of their body were immersed in large tubs filled with saline solution to loosen up with dead skin.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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When late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel made a distasteful comment on ABC that seemed to blame the right for Kirk’s killing, Disney, the network’s parent company, gave in to pressure to take Kimmel off the air.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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China would expect something in return, of course, including concessions that some in Europe may consider distasteful, such as a pledge by NATO to no longer formally cooperate with East Asian partners.—
Matthias Matthijs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Bell and Turner expertly convey the charisma of Jack and Ed while also revealing that there’s something a little unsavory about them both.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Why weren’t these unsavory tactics nipped in the bud?—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds Brentford vs Brighton Brighton are playing better than a horrible run of results — one win, six draws, and six defeats in their last 13 Premier League games — suggests.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Probably one of the scenes where Stephen does horrible things to women.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Failing to check abatement expiration dates creates nasty surprises when incentives end.—
Allison Palmer
Updated February 20,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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The club’s record £125million signing suffered a nasty leg break away to Spurs in December.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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