bittersweet
Other forms: bittersweetly
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.
The adjective bittersweet doesn't just refer to taste. It can also describe a blend of emotions that are sweet but also tinged with sadness. If you attend a memorial service for your grandmother, for example, you can enjoy telling stories of the things you did together, but still feel sad that she's gone. The feelings and memories you have make you simultaneously happy and sad, and are therefore bittersweet.
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having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
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tinged with sadness“a movie with a bittersweet ending”synonyms:sadexperiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
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twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seedssynonyms: American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxworktype of:vinea plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North Americasynonyms: Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshadetype of:nightshadeany of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
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Vocabulary lists containing bittersweet
In a series of autobiographical poems, Jacqueline Woodson vividly brings her childhood and adolescence to life. This memoir in verse won the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and the Newbery Honor Award.
After spending the first nine years of his life in prison with his mother, Kabir learns to survive on the streets of Chennai, India, while looking for a way to prove his mother's innocence.
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, professor Randy Pausch wrote this inspirational book about achieving one's dreams.