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bit·ter·sweet
 bittersweet
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- pronunciation:
- bI
tr
swit
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a climbing, woody vine found in North America, bearing orange fruit that splits open when ripe to expose red-coated seeds.
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| definition 2: |
a climbing vine found in Eurasia, bearing purple flowers and poisonous reddish orange berries.
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| definition 3: |
sweetness mixed with or followed by bitterness, or pleasure mingled with pain.
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
tasting sweet and bitter at the same time or successively.
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| definition 2: |
both pleasurable and painful.
a bittersweet romance |
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