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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.
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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.
BITTERSWEET definition: 1. containing a mixture of sadness and happiness 2. tasting both bitter and sweet 3. containing a…. Learn more.
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.
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. A bittersweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same time. ...a wine with a bitter-sweet flavour. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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.
Definition of bittersweet adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones. 2. A bittersweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same time.
bittersweet meaning, definition, what is bittersweet: feelings, memories, or experiences that ...: Learn more.
Also called climbing bittersweet. any climbing plant of the genus Celastrus, bearing orange capsules opening to expose red-coated seeds, especially C. scandens. pleasure mingled with pain or regret: the bittersweet of parting.
1. both bitter and sweet to the taste: bittersweet chocolate. 2. both pleasant and painful or regretful: a bittersweet memory. n. 3. 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.
