bitter sweet

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Definition of bitter sweet in English English dictionary

bittersweet
both bitter and sweet
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twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
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tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
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poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
bittersweet
twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
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a vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruits that open to reveal red seeds
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{i} something that is both pleasant and painful; type of plant
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A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade
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A kind of apple so called
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the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
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sweet with a bitter after taste; hence Fig
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{s} both bitter and sweet to the taste; both pleasant and painful
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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
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expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure
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Anything which is bittersweet
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Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp
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A bittersweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same time. a wine with a bitter-sweet flavour. Any of several vines with colourful fruit. The genus Celastrus (family Celastraceae) includes American bittersweet, or staff vine (C. scandens), and Oriental bittersweet (C. orbiculatus), woody vines grown as ornamentals. Oriental bittersweet is a more vigorous climber than the American species. Both types climb by twining around supports. Another bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara, belongs to the nightshade family
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An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; also called Roxbury waxwork
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The branches are the officinal dulcamara
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pleasant but painful
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having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
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The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter
bitter sweet

    Hyphenation

    bit·ter sweet

    Turkish pronunciation

    bîtır swit

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbətər ˈswēt/ /ˈbɪtɜr ˈswiːt/
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