Salty
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English
Adjective
Salty (comparative saltier, superlative saltiest)
- Tasting of salt; containing salt.
- (figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
- (figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
- (US slang) Irritated, annoyed; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt.
- (linguistics) Pertaining to those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse (“self”) instead of the Latin ille (“that”).
Adverbs for Salty
impossibly; extremely; dangerously; satisfactorily; unnecessarily; bitterly; stingingly; sharply; unexpectedly; unsavorily; brackishly; disagreeably; impossibly; unpleasantly; unpalatably; rankly; unappetizingly; inexcusably.
Thesaurus
spicy, sprightly, suggestive, trenchant, water-borne, whimsical, wicked, witty, Attic, biting, blue, brackish, brilliant, briny, broad, clever, droll, facetious, funny, humorous, humorsome, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, marine, maritime, mordacious, mordant, nautical, naval, navigational, nimble-witted, ocean-going, oceanic, off-color, pelagic, pickled, pointed, pungent, purple, quick-witted, racy, rapier-like, risky, risque, saline, salt, salted, saltish, scabrous, scathing, scintillating, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, shady, sharp, smart, sparkling,
Etymology
From salt.
Pronunciation
Coordinate terms
- (irritated attitude): sassy
Derived terms
- (experienced sailor): salty dog
Translations
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