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bittersweet
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bittersweet
Adjective
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A bittersweet feeling is both sad and happy.
He remembered the bittersweet memories in the school.
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If a food or drink is bittersweet is sweet but has a bitter aftertaste.
bittersweet
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adjective
tinged with sadness
a movie with a bittersweet ending
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adjective
having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
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noun
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
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noun
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
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