See brackish on Wiktionary
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"text": "...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious...",
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"sense": "slightly salty",
"word": "salobral"
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"sense": "slightly salty",
"word": "bräckt"
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"sense": "slightly salty",
"word": "matabsing"
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"sense": "slightly salty",
"word": "กร่อย"
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"word": "آجی"
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"word": "چوراق"
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"sense": "slightly salty",
"word": "lợ"
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"sense": "slightly salty",
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʔāsin",
"sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
"word": "آسِن"
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"sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
"word": "epämiellyttävä"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
"word": "brackig"
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"word": "まずい"
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"sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
"word": "kōtaitai"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "protívnyj",
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"word": "проти́вный"
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