Words similar to bittersweet

Example sentences for: bittersweet

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This "bittersweet" British "working-class comedy" (Kevin Thomas, the Los Angeles Times ) about out-of-work, out-of-shape steelworkers turned male strippers earns praise for its politics and humor.
At the close of yesterday's drama, Congressional players were confronted with the bittersweet question of what they would do next.
Note the admiration for Cohen and the chanting musicality of this passage (beautifully translated by Giovanni Pontiero), the echoes and variations circling around a bittersweet theme.
The second is dvandva , a Sanskrit redundant compound of dva + dva pair, couple, which is used to describe compounds in which the elements are linked as if joined by a copula, as in prince-consort, attorney-general, postmaster-general (n. + n.), bittersweet (adj. + adj.).
And there is something to startle you in Leigh's crooked, bittersweet little comedy Career Girls . It's called Katrin Cartlidge, and every director should have one--and build an altar to it.