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adjective
2.
both pleasant and painful or regretful: a bittersweet memory.
noun
3.
Also called woody nightshade. a climbing or trailing plant, Solanum dulcamara, of the nightshade family, having small, violet, star-shaped flowers with a protruding yellow center and scarlet berries.
4.
Also called climbing bittersweet. any climbing plant of the genus Celastrus, bearing orange capsules opening to expose red-coated seeds, especially C. scandens.
5.
pleasure mingled with pain or regret: the bittersweet of parting.
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Bittersweet
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example Sentences
- Having one's paranoia confirmed is kind of bittersweet.
- Uncover the bittersweet story of this ancient treat.
- There was a bittersweet feeling among fans who are watching the last film in the series.
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World English Dictionary
| bittersweet (ˈbɪtəˌswiːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of several North American woody climbing plants of the genus Celastrus, esp C. scandens, having orange capsules that open to expose scarlet-coated seeds: family Celastraceae |
| 2. | another name for woody nightshade |
| —adj | |
| 3. | tasting of or being a mixture of bitterness and sweetness |
| 4. | pleasant but tinged with sadness |
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