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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
“I completely empathize with people who think this would be a bittersweet thing,” Lazarus said.
But the outcome turned out to be bittersweet.
As bittersweet as it was to be reduced to a playoff spectator, it became easier once Kershaw accepted in early October that he wouldn’t be able to play.
Whether those are necessary ingredients in the bittersweet romance an ambitious woman cultivates with herself is debatable.
“It’s bittersweet — it gives us a chance to save our family’s finances, but you’re seeing the labor of love destroyed.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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