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- DictionaryBit·ter·sweet/ˈbidərˌswēt/
adjective
- 1. (of food, drink, or flavor) sweet with a bitter aftertaste.
noun
- 1. another term for woody nightshade (see nightshade)
- 2. an American climbing plant that bears clusters of bright orange pods.
Bittersweet can be a noun for a poisonous vine or a chocolate with little sugar, or an adjective for something that is both bitter and sweet. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related terms from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Bittersweet means containing a mixture of sadness and happiness, or tasting both bitter and sweet. Learn more about this word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.
Bittersweet means containing a mixture of sadness and happiness, or tasting both bitter and sweet. Learn more about this word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.
Bittersweet describes something that tastes both harsh or acrid and sugary, such as a chocolate with less sugar, intended for baking into something sweet, like a cake. Bittersweet also describes something that is both pleasant and regretful, such as graduating from high school.
The adjective bittersweet describes a taste that is a blend of bitter and sweet. Bittersweet chocolate, for example, contains more chocolate and less sugar than milk chocolate or even semisweet chocolate.
1. adjective. If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones. ...bittersweet memories of his first appearance for the team. 2. adjective. A bittersweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same time. ...a wine with a bitter-sweet flavour. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Bittersweet can mean both bitter and sweet at the same time, or producing or expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure. It can also refer to some plants or colors. See different sources and translations of the word.
