bittersweet
English
/ˈbɪtɚˌswit/
adj
Definitions
- Both bitter and sweet.
- Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure.
- Of bittersweet color.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bitterswete compound from English bitter + English sweet (adorable).
Origin
English
sweet
Gloss
adorable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisweet English
- birdsweet English
- bite English
- bitter English
- bitterbrush English
- bittercress English
- bitterful English
- bittering English
- bitterish English
- bitterling English
- bitterly English
- bittermelon English
- bitterness English
- bitternut English
- bitterroot English
- bittersome English
- bittersweetly English
- bittersweetness English
- bitterweed English
- bitterwood English
- bitterwort English
- debitter English
- embitter English
- honey-sweet English
- imbitter English
- meadsweet English
- nonsweet English
- overbitter English
- oversweet English
- semisweet English
- semisweetness English
- sooterkin English
- summersweet English
- supersweet English
- sweet English
- sweet fifteen English
- sweet thirteen English
- sweet whiskey English
- sweetbox English
- sweetbread English
- sweetbrier English
- sweetcakes English
- sweetcheeks English
- sweetcure English
- sweeten English
- sweetfaced English
- sweetgrass English
- sweetgum English
- sweetheart English
- sweetie English
- sweeting English
- sweetish English
- sweetkin English
- sweetleaf English
- sweetling English
- sweetlips English
- sweetly English
- sweetmaker English
- sweetmeat English
- sweetness English
- sweetpea English
- sweetroot English
- sweetshop English
- sweetshrub English
- sweetsome English
- sweetsop English
- sweetstuff English
- sweetvetch English
- sweetwater English
- sweetweed English
- sweetwood English
- sweetwort English
- sweety English
- unbitter English
- unsweet English
- wintersweet English
- Bittersüß German
- bitter German
- süß German
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- słitaśny Polish
- bitter Middle English
- bitterswete Middle English
- sweete Middle English
- biter Serbo-Croatian
- Sweet Cebuano
- bitra Ido
- 瑞士雞翼 Chinese
- uswidi Zulu
- swit Tok Pisin
- switmoli Tok Pisin
- liswidi Swati
- bita Sranan Tongo
- switi Sranan Tongo
- swit Nigerian Pidgin
- bite
- sweet
- sweety
- bitter
- sweetly
- sweetie
- unsweet
- sweeten
- imbitter
- sweetish
- embitter
- debitter
- sweeting
- sweetgum
- bitterly
- sweetbox
- sweetpea
- sweetkin
- sweetsop
- nonsweet
- unbitter
- bitterish
- meadsweet
- birdsweet
- sweetsome
- sweetness
- sooterkin
- antisweet
- sweetweed
- oversweet
- sweetshop
- sweetmeat
- sweetleaf
- sweetcure
- sweetwort
- sweetling
- sweetlips
- bittering
- bitterful
- sweetroot
- sweetwood
- bitternut
- semisweet
- sweetbread
- sweetwater
- bitterwort
- bitterness
- bittersome
- bitterwood
- sweetbrier
- sweetvetch
- supersweet
- sweetshrub
- sweetmaker
- sweetcakes
- sweetstuff
- overbitter
- sweetfaced
- bitterroot
- bitterweed
- sweetgrass
- bitterling
- sweetheart
- wintersweet
- bittermelon
- honey-sweet
- summersweet
- bittercress
- bitterbrush
- sweetcheeks
- semisweetness
- bittersweetly
- sweet whiskey
- sweet fifteen
- sweet thirteen
- bittersweetness