That night I dreamed I had a very disagreeable taste in my mouth, which caused me to spit all the time. I awoke and found my mouth full of saliva, with a coppery taste, and sure enough, I was obliged to spit.
Source: wiktionary
Coppery
/ˈkɒpəɹi/
Synonyms for "coppery" (50 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (25)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesMore specific
9 entriescopper patinacopper-redcopper-tonedpatinated surfacepiercing timbrered-brownshrill tonetinny voiceverdigris
Collocations
5 entriescoppery colorcoppery glowcoppery haircoppery patinacoppery tone
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Venetian women who wanted coppery hair colors applied bleaching mixtures, such as one that contained alum, sulfur, soda, and rhubarb. Then they sat in the sun, where heat produced a chemical reaction that developed the color.
Source: wiktionary
an especially coppery grade of brass
Source: wiktionary