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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
And so, like many of our homecomings, this one was bittersweet.
While what some detainees described as a nightmare finally ended, their returns to Gaza have been bittersweet.
"Coming away with a silver medal is bittersweet for me," said the 26-year-old.
However, it was clear that the moment was bittersweet - a reminder of the death of their friend and fellow cast member Dean Sullivan, who played Jimmy Corkhill.
"Ending this project was bittersweet, because it was my last collaboration with him."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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