salty

/ˈsɒl.ti/
🔵 Intermediate

Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables2

Moderate complexity

Analysis:

  • Common vocabulary word
  • Simple pronunciation

adjective

1. Tasting of salt.

2. Containing salt.

3. Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.

4. Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).

5. Irritated, annoyed (from the sharp, spicy flavor of salt).

6. Indignant or offended due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat (implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears); said of interlocutors expressing indignation, or merely disagreement.

7. Pertaining to the Sardinian language and those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse instead of the Latin ille.

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