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   bittersweet

   /ˌbɪtəˈswiːt/

   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.
   • 3. a widely distributed bivalve mollusc which has a pale rounded shell that is typically marked with wavy lines.

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   The meaning of BITTERSWEET is something that is bittersweet; especially : pleasure accompanied by suffering or regret. How to use bittersweet in a sentence.

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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.

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   BITTERSWEET meaning: 1. containing a mixture of sadness and happiness 2. tasting both bitter and sweet 3. containing a…. Learn more.

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   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 .

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   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.

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   Definition of bittersweet adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Bittersweet means happy and sad at the same time, or both sweet and bitter at the same time. Learn more about this word and see how it is used in sentences from the corpus.