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What is the adjective for salty?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb salt which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

salty
  1. Tasting of salt.
  2. Containing salt.
  3. (figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
  4. (figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
  5. (US slang, dated) Irritated, annoyed (from the sharp, spicy flavor of salt).
  6. (derogatory) Indignant or offended due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, or defeat (implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears); said of interlocutors expressing indignation, or merely disagreement.
  7. (linguistics) 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 (“self”) instead of the Latin ille (“that”).
  8. Synonyms:
      9. briny, salted, saline, salt, brackish, brak, tangy, piquant, acrid, alkaline, oversalted, saliferous, saltish, sour, tart, over-salted, highly flavored, pickled, slightly salty, slightly briny, lively, sharp, pungent, colourful, racy, spicy, zestful, zesty, witty, humorous, pert, poignant, savory, savoury, snappy, sparkling, spirited, vigorous, zingy, biting, punchy, colorful, exciting, provocative, intriguing, interesting, caustic … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “The vegetable stock is salty enough that additional salt probably won't be necessary.”
      “He proceeded to insult everyone, telling them, in more salty language, that he didn't need any of them to win.”
      “As they gathered around the torchlit posts and watched her dance, they gave the usual lewd and salty comments and obscene suggestions as she whirled.”
salt
  1. Salty; salted.
  2. Saline.
  3. Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
  4. (figuratively, obsolete) Bitter; sharp; pungent.
  5. (figuratively, obsolete) Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. salty, salted, briny, saline, brackish, brak, saltish, pickled, slightly salty, slightly briny, tangy, piquant, alkaline, saliferous, sour, acrid, oversalted, tart, highly flavored, over-salted … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “She closed her eyes, smelling the salt sea air, feeling the wind in her hair.”
saltproof
  1. Resistant to the corrosive effects of salt.
salten
  1. (rare) salted; salty
salted
  1. To which salt has been added.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. brackish, salty, salt, briny, saline, brak, saltish, slightly salty, slightly briny, pickled, tangy, piquant, highly flavored, alkaline, over-salted, saliferous, sour, acrid, oversalted, tart, preserved, cured, dried, smoked, treated, frozen, tinned, bottled, canned, conserved, kept, sealed, potted … more
saltish
  1. Somewhat salty.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. brackish, salty, salted, salt, briny, saline, brak, slightly salty, slightly briny, tangy, piquant, highly flavored, alkaline, over-salted, saliferous, sour, acrid, oversalted, tart, pickled … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The sweetness from the pumpkin would complement the slightly saltish luncheon.”
      “The colours and the saltish taste of its surface are occasioned by a remainder of the Marine Acid.”
      “The water is seen oozing forth from the many bogs, and has a saltish taste, impregnated with saltpetre and sulphur.”
saltyish
  1. Somewhat salty.
saltlike
  1. Resembling salt.
saltless
  1. free of salt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. saltfree, unsalted
  3. Examples:
      4. “I don't have to adhere to a totally saltless diet, but I do have to watch my salt intake.”
      “Rain fell like so many saltless tears and not a person in the entire city dared to go leave the shelter of their home.”
      “It would make a great antipasti and it's best sliced not too thinly, served with saltless Tuscan bread.”
saltfree
  1. Free of salt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. saltless, unsalted
  3. Examples:
      4. “I love cooking with saltfree seasonings to accommodate my low-sodium diet.”
saltiest
  1. superlative form of salty: most salty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. briniest, tangiest, acridest, sourest, tartest, most saline, most salt, most brackish, most brak, most piquant, most alkaline, most saliferous, most saltish, most pickled, liveliest, sharpest, raciest, spiciest, zestiest, wittiest, pertest, savoriest, savouriest, snappiest, zingiest, punchiest, most pungent, most colourful, most zestful, most humorous, most poignant, most spirited, most vigorous, most biting, most colorful, most exciting, most provocative, most intriguing, most interesting, most caustic, most fascinating, most cutting, most stimulating, most stinging, keenest, most piercing, juiciest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “As well, Canada has the fourth saltiest Big Mac and Chicken McNuggets of 22 countries surveyed.”
      “Canadian food products are among the saltiest in the world and the average Canadian consumes more than double the healthy level of sodium a day.”
      “The required permits and licenses alone would discourage even the saltiest potential ship owners.”
saltest
  1. superlative form of salt: most salt
salting
  1. present participle of salt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. seasoning, flavoring, flavouring, spicing, lacing, pepping, adding salt to, pepping up, adding zing to, savouring, savoring, peppering, spiking, enhancing, spicing up, adding flavouring to, adding spices to, adding herbs to, enlivening, imbuing, enriching, infusing, leavening, gingering, imparting, adding zip, gingering up, adding seasoning to, livening up, adding zing, adding piquancy to, adding flavour to, hotting it up, mulling, salting and pepper, adding pepper to, mixing, giving a bit of zing, adding zest, strengthening, blending, fortifying, doctoring, sprinkling, boosting, mixing in, adding to, curing, preserving, conserving … more
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