Translate bittersweet | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of bittersweet
adjective
1(of food or drink) sweet with a bitter aftertaste: she sipped the bittersweet drink the ale has a fine bittersweet nutty taste
2arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain:bittersweet memories of his time in London
noun
2a vine-like American climbing plant which bears clusters of bright orange pods. - Genus Celastrus, family Celastraceae: several species
3 (also bittersweet shell) a widely distributed bivalve mollusc which has a pale rounded shell that is typically marked with wavy lines. - Genus Glycymeris, family Glycymeridae