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   salty

   /ˈsɒlti/

   adjective

   • 1. tasting of, containing, or preserved with salt: "the bacon will be quite salty" Similar saltsaltedsalinebrinybrackishpiquanttangyover-saltedOpposite freshbland
   • 2. (of language or humour) down-to-earth; coarse: "her wild ways and salty language shocked the local gentry" Similar livelyvigorousspiritedcolourfulsparklingzestyzestfulspicysharpracypiquantpungenttangybitinginformal:punchy
   • 3. tough or aggressive: informal "a salty campaign strategist"
   • ▪ angry or resentful, especially in response to a defeat or disappointment: informal US "she was salty because I didn't go with her to her senior prom"

   Derivatives

   • 1. saltily adverb
   • 2. saltiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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