brackish

Questions about brackish

What does brackish mean?

brackish means "distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in brackish?

brackish has 2 syllables: brac-kish. The stress falls on "brac". In IPA it is /ˈbɹækɪʃ/.

What is another word for brackish?

Close synonyms include briny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brackish a common word?

brackish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.