bittersweet

1. 1.

   tinged with sadness

   “a movie with a bittersweet ending”

   Similarsad
2. 2.

   having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness

   Synonymssemisweet

   Similartasty

Other forms of bittersweet

plural

bittersweets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bittersweet

What does bittersweet mean?

bittersweet means "poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bittersweet?

bittersweet has 3 syllables: bit-ter-sweet. The stress falls on "bit". In IPA it is /ˈbɪtɚˌswit/.

What is another word for bittersweet?

Close synonyms include bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bittersweet a common word?

bittersweet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bittersweet?

2 words rhyme with bittersweet. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.