Bittersweet

//ˈbɪtɚˌswit//

Synonyms for "bittersweet" (29 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Strong matches (9)

Related words (14)

Adjective(1 words)
semisweet
Adjective(1 words)
sweet-and-sour

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Translations

105 translations across 49 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • bitter soet adj (both bitter and sweet)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gazavaj adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • γλυκύπικρος adj (both bitter and sweet)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حُلْو وَمُرّ adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • حُلْو وَمُرّ adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • حُلْوَة وَمُرَّة adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • حُلْوَة وَمُرَّة adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • acıtəhər quşüzümü noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • горка-салодкі adj (both bitter and sweet)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বিটারসুইট adj (both bitter and sweet)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • кучешко грозде noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)
  • кучешко грозде noun (a vine, of the genus Celastrus)

Catalan

3 entries
  • agredolç adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • agredolç adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • dolçamara noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 苦甜 adj (both bitter and sweet)

Danish

1 entries
  • Bittersød Natskygge noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Dutch

3 entries
  • bitterzoet adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • bitterzoet adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • bitterzoet noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Esperanto

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  • dolĉamara adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • dolĉamara adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Estonian

1 entries
  • harilik maavits noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Finnish

4 entries
  • katkeranmakea adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • katkeransuloinen adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • kelasköynnös noun (a vine, of the genus Celastrus)
  • punakoiso noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

French

4 entries
  • aigre-doux adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • doux-amer adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • doux-amer adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • mi-figue mi-raisin adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Galician

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  • agridoce adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • agridoce adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

German

4 entries
  • bittersüß adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • bittersüß adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • Bittersüß noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)
  • Bittersüßer Nachtschatten noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Greek

4 entries
  • γλυκόξινος adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • γλυκόπικρος adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • γλυκόπικρος adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • στρύχνος noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מָתוֹק מַר adj (both bitter and sweet)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • keserédes adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • keserédes adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ljúfsár adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pahit manis adj (both bitter and sweet)

Irish

2 entries
  • dréimire gorm noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)
  • fuath gorm noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Italian

4 entries
  • agrodolce adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • agrodolce adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • dolceamaro adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • dulcamara noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Japanese

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  • ほろ苦い adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • 悲喜こもごも adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភាពល្វីងនៅឡើយ adj (both bitter and sweet)

Korean

1 entries
  • 달콤 씁쓸한 adj (both bitter and sweet)

Latin

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  • dulcamarus adj (both bitter and sweet)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bebrukārkliņš noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • karklavijas noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • горко-сладок adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • горко-сладок adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • амьдралын баяр гуниг adj (both bitter and sweet)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • 'nzeviero adj (both bitter and sweet)

Norman

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  • amièrdoux noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)
  • douoche-améthe noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)
  • mèrdou noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Persian

1 entries
  • تلخ و شیرین adj (both bitter and sweet)

Polish

4 entries
  • słodko-gorzki adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • zaprawiony kroplą goryczy adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • dławisz noun (a vine, of the genus Celastrus)
  • psianka słodkogórz noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • agridoce adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • agridoce adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • doce-amarga noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)
  • dolce-amarga noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Romanian

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  • lăsnicior noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Russian

3 entries
  • горько-сладкий adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • древогу́бец noun (a vine, of the genus Celastrus)
  • паслён сла́дко-го́рький noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gorkosladak adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • gorkosladak adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • горкосладак adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • gȍrkoslād noun (a vine, of the genus Celastrus)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • තිත්ත adj (both bitter and sweet)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agridulce adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • agridulce adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • dulce y amargo adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • dulcamara noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bitterljuv adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • besksöta noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • agridulse adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • matamis na mapait adj (both bitter and sweet)

Turkish

4 entries
  • acısı ve tatlısı ile adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • buruk adj (both bitter and sweet)
  • buruk sevinç adj (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
  • mayhoş adj (both bitter and sweet)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • Паслін солодко-гіркий noun (bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • shirin achchiq adj (both bitter and sweet)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cay đắng ngọt ngào adj (both bitter and sweet)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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If I could, I would love to experience once again a bittersweet love like in middle school.

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"Hey, what happened in the final episode of 'Tom and Mary'?" "They broke up, in the end. It was really bittersweet." "Oh my! And after being so deeply in love!"

Source: tatoeba (2757541)

This chocolate has a bittersweet taste.

Source: tatoeba (2912863)

This chocolate tastes bittersweet.

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