Bittersweet would be like losing the absolute love of your life and then winning millions of dollars in the lottery the next day . Sure, your happy that you’ve won, but deep down your still sad because you’ve lost the one person you wanted to share it with.

All the answers you’ve been given here have been on the right track … ‘Bittersweet’ is a strange combination of words to describe something exactly… ‘It had a bittersweet taste….’ – initially it’s sweet but then leaves a bitter taste in your mouth ….. the word is often used for situations that are not as successful, rewarding or as happy as you would like ….’it was a bittersweet victory’…- the victory was ‘sweet’ but it was at the cost of something or someone you didn’t really want to lose – the bitter part of the word…… You could have a ‘bittersweet’ type of personality I suppose … meaning they seem really nice as a person, so helpful and friendly, yet you know that everything they do has a nasty ulterior motive and so accepting their help and friendship will ensure you end up regretting it….. Whether it’s a good or bad quality? – I guess that all depends on what you’re prepared to accept in your relationships and in personal situations…. most people would want to avoid the bitter and would prefer not to have it there in the first place… so if it had to be described as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ then I suppose it would be bad…..

n.

1. A woody vine of the genus Celastrus, especially the North American species C. scandens and the eastern Asian species C. orbiculata, having small, round, yellow-orange fruits that open at maturity to expose red seeds. Also called staff tree.

2. See bittersweet nightshade.

3. A dark to deep reddish orange.

adj.

1. Bitter and sweet at the same time: bittersweet chocolate.

2. Producing or expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure: a movie with a bittersweet ending.

3. Dark to deep reddish-orange

bit·ter·sweet (bĭt’ər-swēt’)

1. A woody vine of the genus Celastrus, especially the North American species C. scandens and the eastern Asian species C. orbiculata, having small, round, yellow-orange fruits that open at maturity to expose red seeds. Also called staff tree.

2. See bittersweet nightshade.

3. A dark to deep reddish orange.

adj.

1. Bitter and sweet at the same time: bittersweet chocolate.

2. Producing or expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure: a movie with a bittersweet ending.

3. Dark to deep reddish-orange.

bitter sweet is when something is good but something bad comes from it or something that is torn between bad and good like when you go to a funeral and see a family member that you have not seen in a long time but have been meaning to get back into touch with its bitter because of the circumstance but sweet was the out come

Use a vegetable bean dip for example hummus instead of ranch dressing or maybe a fatty cream-based dip.

kinda like sweet with an edge to it. The definition applied to life is the same as if you can imagine eating something that is bitter but at the same time sweet. While your eating it your thinking oh thats bitter and it bothers you but at the same time your noticing the sweet is good. Hope that helps.

To have good, yet sad, memories of something or someone. Or to taste a lemondrop candy 🙂

“Lemon tree very pretty

And the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon

Is impossible to eat”

both pleasant and painful or regretful: a bittersweet memory

Decaf coffee is an excellent low-calorie fluid when you’re having cravings (and an excellent source of antioxidants).