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adjective
- 1. (of food or drink) sweet with a bitter aftertaste: "she sipped the bittersweet drink"
- 2. arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain: "bittersweet memories of his time in London"
noun
- 1. another term for woody nightshade (see nightshade)
- 2. an American climbing plant that bears clusters of bright orange pods.
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BITTERSWEET definition: 1. containing a mixture of sadness and happiness 2. tasting both bitter and sweet 3. containing a…. Learn more.
BITTERSWEET meaning: 1. containing a mixture of sadness and happiness 2. tasting both bitter and sweet 3. containing a…. Learn more.
both pleasant and painful or regretful. a bittersweet memory. noun. 3. Also called: woody nightshade. a climbing or trailing plant, Solanum dulcamara, of the nightshade family, having small, violet, star-shaped flowers with a protruding yellow center and scarlet berries. 4. Also called: climbing bittersweet.
Definition of bittersweet adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Bittersweet is another name for Solanum dulcamara, or woody nightshade, a creeping, vine-like plant that can be poisonous in large quantities. Bittersweet could also refer to any climbing plant of the genus Celastrus .
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.
