bittersweet
bi ter sweet
- n poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
- n twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
- s tinged with sadness
a movie with a bittersweet ending - s having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
- Those graying portraits evoke a bittersweet Chinese Gothic, a diminutive, bespectacled man standing solemnly with his gardening tools.
- It's a bittersweet holiday, "a time of celebration, but also a time of reflection, healing, and hopefully a time for the country to come together and deal with its slave legacy .
- Faraway places evoke the bittersweet flavor of a young authors homeland.