Bittersweet

Bittersweet refers to a combination of the standard tastes of sweetness and bitterness, and is often used as a metaphor for experiences which have binary elements of happiness and sadness, or pleasure and pain.

The term may also refer to:

Biology

• A vine in the nightshade family, Solanum dulcamara
• Some species of vines in the genus Celastrus, including American bittersweet (C. scandens) and Oriental bittersweet (C. orbiculatus)
• The Glycymerididae family of shellfish, known as bittersweets or Dog cockles

Music

• Bitter:Sweet, an electronic band
• Bitter:sweet, indie rock band from Malaysia
• Bitter Sweet, an operetta in three acts written by Noel Coward

A number of songs and albums:

• "Bittersweet" (Apocalyptica song), a song by the band Apocalyptica
• "Bittersweet" (Fuel song), a song by the band Fuel
• "Bittersweet", a song by The Venus in Furs, a fictional band from the film Velvet Goldmine
• "Bittersweet" (Big Head Todd song), a hit song by Big Head Todd & the Monsters
• Bittersweet (Hoodoo Gurus song), a 1985 song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus from their album Mars Needs Guitars!
• "Bittersweet Me", a song and single by the rock band R.E.M.
• "Bitter Sweet Symphony", a song by The Verve
• Bittersweet (album), an album by Blu Cantrell
• Bitter Sweet (album), an album by the English band King
• Bittersweet, an album by Jenny Choi
• Bittersweet Symphony (album), an album by Jade Valerie
• "Bittersweet", a song by Kanye West
• Bittersweet World, an album by Ashlee Simpson
• "Bittersweet", a song by Within Temptation

Film and television

• Bitter Sweet (1933 film), a 1933 film
• Bitter Sweet (1940 film), a 1940 film
• Bitter Sweet (2005 film), a 2005 TV film
• Bitter Sweet (TV drama), a 2008 TV drama

Literature

• "Bittersweet", a poem by Amanda Jackson, published in Howard Ely's Forever Spoken

Places

• Bittersweet (Franklin, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana

See also

• Bitter Suite (disambiguation)