Translate bittersweet | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of bittersweet
adjective
(of food, drink, or flavor) sweet with a bitter aftertaste. arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain:the room, with all its bittersweet memories
noun
1another term for woody nightshade (see nightshade).
2 (also climbing bittersweet) a vinelike climbing plant that bears clusters of bright orange pods. - Genus Celastrus, family Celastraceae: several species, in particular C. scandens
