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bittersweet
adjective as in affecting
Weak match
adjective as in poignant
Strongest matches
bitter, disturbing, emotional, heartbreaking, heartrending, moving, passionate, pathetic, sad, sentimental, touching
Weak matches
agitating, agonizing, distressing, impressive, intense, perturbing, piteous, pitiful, sorrowful, upsetting
adjective as in touching
Strong matches
Weak matches
emotive, heart-rending, impressive, mind-blowing, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, responsive, sympathetic, tear-jerking
adjective as in painful
Strongest matches
agonizing, arduous, awful, difficult, dire, distasteful, distressing, excruciating, hard, harrowing, heart-wrenching, hurtful, severe, tedious, terrible, troublesome, uncomfortable, unpleasant
Example Sentences
Maybe now we could refocus and rebuild — a bittersweet transition.
"We know this might come as a surprise and it's definitely bittersweet for us too," the group said in a video shared to Instagram.
The breakthrough in Sharm El-Sheikh was greeted by celebrations in Israel and inside the Gaza Strip, bittersweet on both sides after so much loss.
The French composer and instrumentalist scored hundreds of films—including the bittersweet movie musical “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.”
At the end of October, George Michael’s “Faith” turns 30 — a milestone anniversary that now feels bittersweet, as it comes less than a year after his unexpected death.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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