salty
Like the sea
Salty describes the taste of salt or things containing salt: salty ocean water, salty pretzels.
Extended to mean sharp or pungent: salty language is coarse or profane.
In contemporary slang, salty means bitter, resentful, or annoyed—especially about a minor slight or loss: He's still salty about losing that game.
Vinegar-preserved vegetable
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- picklingAcid preservation process
corned · brisket · brining · marinade · soaking · cured · preserved · salted
Salty ocean fluid
- maritimeOf the sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
tide · sea · marine · coastal · beach · spray · breeze · air
Appetizing, not sweet
- brinyStrongly of salt
- umamiFifth taste sensation
- flavorCharacteristic taste quality
- palateOral cavity ceiling
seasoned · oversalted · undersalted · tongue · sodium · chips · pretzels · crackers
Pungent dried berry spice
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- herbsPlants for seasoning
- fleur de selFrench artisanal finishing seasoning
pickle
Vinegar-preserved vegetable
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
pickling · corned · brisket · brining · marinade · soaking · cured · preserved · salted · brackish
seawater
Salty ocean fluid
waves · tide · sea · marine · coastal · beach · spray · breeze · air · mist
savory
Appetizing, not sweet
palate · seasoned · oversalted · undersalted · tongue · sodium · chips · pretzels · crackers · cured meats
pepper
Pungent dried berry spice
fleur de sel · seasoning · pinch · sprinkle · rimmed
bitter
Sharp, unpleasant taste
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
disgruntled · cynical · surly · grumpy · cantankerous · ornery · testy · crabby · crusty · curmudgeon
crude
Unpolished, raw state
bawdy · ribald · off-color · racy · earthy · raunchy · lewd · risqué · colorful · sailor
- adjectivesbig, urgent, amazing, temporary, bold
- tastebitter, taste, sour, sweet, spicy
- S wordssay, see, set, sit, son
- gastronomygastronomy, gourmet food, fine dining, tasting menu, degustation
- taste and smelltaste, smell, flavor, gustation, olfaction
- cooking flawsburned, overcooked, undercooked, scorched, raw
- salt waterH2O with sodium chloride
- table saltCommon food seasoning
- salt and pepperTwo basic table seasonings
- sea saltOcean-sourced sodium chloride
- grain of saltSkepticism about claims
- old saltExperienced maritime veteran
salt, saltwater, unsalted, salting, saltiness, saltshaker, saltine, saltier, salty dog