bittersweet

English - Turkish

Definition of bittersweet in English Turkish dictionary

{s} hem acı hem tatlı

yabaniyasemin

(Gıda) acıtatlı

hem acı hem tatlı olan

yabanyasemini

aynı zamanda iyi ve kötü olan

Celastrus scandens

yaban yasemini

acı tatlı

{s} iyi ve kötü

acı-tatlı

Related Terms

bittersweet happiness

buruk sevinç

bittersweet joy

buruk sevinç

English - English

Definition of bittersweet in English English dictionary

both bitter and sweet

a vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruits that open to reveal red seeds

expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure

the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara

twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"

poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

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"

{i} something that is both pleasant and painful; type of plant

A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade

A kind of apple so called

sweet with a bitter after taste; hence Fig

{s} both bitter and sweet to the taste; both pleasant and painful

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

Anything which is bittersweet

Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp

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

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

The branches are the officinal dulcamara

pleasant but painful

having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness

The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter

Related Terms

bittersweet chocolate

chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin in usually added

bittersweet chocolate

chocolate which contains a lower amount of sugar

bittersweet nightshade

A poisonous climbing or trailing plant (Solanum dulcamara) native to Eurasia and a widespread weed in North America, having violet flowers with recurved corolla lobes and red berries. Also called bittersweet, deadly nightshade

bittersweets

plural of bittersweet

evergreen bittersweet

broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties

japanese bittersweet

ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America

Hyphenation

bit·ter·sweet

Turkish pronunciation

bîtırswit

Pronunciation

/ˈbətərˌswēt/ /ˈbɪtɜrˌswiːt/