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nostalgic

/nɔstˈældʒɪk/adjective3 syllables

Nostalgic means: unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons.

Synonyms for nostalgic3

adjective, as in unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

desirous, wishful

also used for nostalgic

nostalgist

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What does nostalgic mean?1

adjective

1

unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nostalgic in a sentence

  • I think that he, though not a fascist properly speaking, is nostalgic for fascism.shekitten
  • Whenever he looks at his nephews, a nostalgic glow comes into his eyes.DJ_Saidez
  • He was nostalgic about the greenness of his homeland.Nylez
  • There's something nostalgic about walking the shopping district in the evening.brightblackhole
  • Even now when I see a terakoya play, I feel somewhat nostalgic.Scott
  • When I drink too much, I get nostalgic and often tearful.SillyDonut7
  • In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.papabear
  • The orchestra struck up nostalgic music.ToxicFriu

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