BITTERSWEET


Meaning of BITTERSWEET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪtə(r)swi:t ]

also bitter-sweet

1.

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.

ADJ

2.

A bittersweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same time.

...a wine with a bitter-sweet flavour.

ADJ

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