| Saline 1. (a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic. 2. (a.) of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste. 3. (n.) A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth. 4. (n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. 5. (n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine. Thesaurus Entries bad, barfy, briny, cloying, fetid, foul, fulsome, high, icky, maggoty, mawkish, nasty, nauseant, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, offensive, overripe, pickled, poisonous, rancid, rank, rebarbative, rotten, saline, salt, salted, saltish, salty, sickening, spoiled, stinking, vile, vomity, weevily, yucky |