# Bittersweet

Bittersweet, bitter-sweet, or bitter sweet may 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)
* Glycymerididae family of shellfish, saltwater clams known as bittersweets or Dog cockles

## Film and television

* Bitter Sweet (1933 film), a 1933 film based on the Noël Coward operetta
* Bitter Sweet (1940 film), a 1940 film based on the Noël Coward operetta
* Bitter Sweet (2009 film), a 2009 Thai-American romantic comedy film
* Bittersweet (2020 film), a 2020 Indian drama film
* Bitter Sweet (TV series), a 2015 Taiwanese television series
* Sweetbitter (TV series), a 2018 American television series

## Music

* Bitter Sweet (operetta), a 1929 operetta in three acts written by Noël Coward
* Bitter:Sweet, an electronic indie rock band from Los Angeles
* The Bittersweets, an American music duo

### Albums and EPs

* Bittersweet (Carmen McRae album), 1964
* Bittersweet, a 1972 album by Chairmen of the Board, or the title song
* Bitter Sweet (The Main Ingredient album), 1972
* Bitter Sweet (King album), 1985
* Bittersweet, a 1993 album by Clifford T. Ward
* BitterSweet, a 1993 album by Stephanie Nakasian
* Bitter Sweet (Kim Richey album), 1997
* Bittersweet, a 1998 album by Jenny Choi
* Bittersweet, a 2000 repackaging of the Wind on the Water by Crosby & Nash
* Bitter Sweet (Casiopea album), 2000
* Bittersweet (Blu Cantrell album), 2003
* Bittersweet, a 2009 album by David Rhodes
* Bittersweet (Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano album), 2009
* Bittersweet (Life On Planet 9 album), 2011
* Bittersweet (Kasey Chambers album), 2014
* Bitter-Sweet (Bryan Ferry album), 2018
* Bittersweet (Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties EP), 2016

### Songs

* "Bitter-Sweet", a 1974 song by Roxy Music from the album Country Life
* "Bitter-Sweet", a 2011 song by Alexandra Stan from the album Saxobeats
* "Bittersweet", the debut single by New Model Army from 1983
* "Bittersweet" (Hoodoo Gurus song), 1985
* "Bittersweet" (Big Head Todd and the Monsters song), 1993
* "Bittersweet" (Fuel song), 1998
* "Bittersweet", a song by Godflesh from the 1999 album Us and Them
* "Bittersweet", a song by Within Temptation that appears on the 2003 German edition of Mother Earth
* "Bittersweet" (Apocalyptica song), 2004
* "Bittersweet", a 2004 song by Falling Up from the 2004 album Crashings
* "Bitter Sweet", a song by Entwine from the 2004 album DiEversity
* "Bitter Sweet", a song by War of Ages from the 2006 album Pride of the Wicked
* "Bittersweet" (Miz song), 2006
* "Bittersweet" (Fantasia song), 2010
* "Bittersweet" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song), 2010
* "Bittersweet", a song by Ellie Goulding from the 2012 soundtrack to Breaking Dawn – Part 2
* "Bittersweet" (Arashi song), 2014
* "Bittersweet", a song by Within the Ruins from the 2017 album Halfway Human
* "Bittersweet", a 2021 song by Mingyu and Wonwoo of Seventeen
* "Bittersweet, TN", a 2022 song by Kevin Morby from the album This Is a Photograph
* "Bittersweet", a 2023 song by Conrad Sewell from the album Precious
* "Bittersweet" (Gunna song), 2024
* "Bitter Sweet", a 2022 song by Twice from the album Celebrate

## Others

* Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, a 2022 book by American author Susan Cain
* Backhanded compliment
* Bittersweet chocolate
* Bittersweet (color), a pinkish shade of the color orange (#FE6F5E)
* Bittersweet Creek, a stream in South Dakota
* Bittersweet (Franklin, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
* Humblebrag
* Multiservice tactical brevity code - Bittersweet