salty
/ˈsɔːlti
/ /ˈsɒlti/adjective (saltier, saltiest)
1Tasting of, containing, or preserved with salt: the bacon will be quite salty a faint breeze wafted a salty tang off the sea...
- Don't worry about the sea salt making it too salty; the skin protects the fish well against this.
- To leach salts from the salty soils, water plants' root zones slowly and deeply at least once a year.
- Soft water, on the other hand, may taste salty because sodium salts are often used to rid the hard water of minerals.
Synonyms
salt, salted, saline, briny, brackish;
piquant, tangy;
over-salted
2(Of language or humour) down-to-earth; coarse: her wild ways and salty language shocked the local gentry...
- Gosh, it sure looks to me as if old Fred's only using some salty language to say the same thing the rest of these guys are saying.
- Governor Bush was not the first politician to use salty language to describe a reporter.
- Already, comments from John Henry about profanity on the site have prompted moderators to crack down on the salty language.
Synonyms
lively, vigorous, spirited, colourful, sparkling;
zesty, zestful, spicy, sharp;
racy, piquant, pungent, tangy, biting
informal punchy
3 informal Tough or aggressive: a salty campaign strategist...
- An avid fisherman, hunter, outdoorsman and adventurer, Hendryx was a 'salty' character who based much of his writing on his experiences as a cowboy and as a prospector at the tail end of the Alaskan Gold Rush.
- If rip-roaring eighteenth century epics are your thing, you will probably love this book, stuffed as it is with salty character and fulsome event.
Derivatives
saltily
- On that level, Mark Catley's 90-minute play offers a vivid, saltily written picture of life in the deprived south-Leeds area of Beeston.
- When I went to bed that night I cried myself to sleep with my fingers in my mouth, jiggling all my teeth desperately, tears running saltily into my open mouth.
- "Go lay down someplace Rathskeller," she said saltily to the speaker.
saltiness
/ /ˈsɒːltɪnəs/ noun ...- A ‘flan’ of braised short ribs had a musky, barbecue taste, but I was overwhelmed by its saltiness after a bite or two.
- The coarse texture and mild flavour of the beans contrasted nicely with the saltiness of the smoked ham and the richness of the sausage.
- For instance, a little sourness from lime or lemon juice in a stir-fry will emphasise saltiness and reduce the amount of salt required.