brackish

Etymology

From Scottish brack (from Dutch brak (“brackish”)) + -ish.

adj

1. (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
   ...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious... 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
   1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4. On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.
   2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House. The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.
2. Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
3. Repulsive