nostalgic

Language: en

🇺🇸 /nɔˈstældʒɪk/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Feeling or evoking a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.; Characterized by or exhibiting nostalgia; relating to a longing for the past.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more nostalgic Superlative: most nostalgic

Collocations

feel nostalgicnostalgic fornostalgic memoriesnostalgic feelingnostalgic mooddeeply nostalgic

Derivatives

nostalgianostalgicallynostalgicness

Synonyms

wistfulsentimentalreminiscentlongingyearningpensive

Antonyms

indifferentforward-looking

Commonly confused

melancholic
EN: 'Melancholic' implies a general sadness or gloom, while 'nostalgic' specifically refers to a bittersweet longing for the past.
sentimental
EN: 'Sentimental' can refer to excessive emotion about anything, while 'nostalgic' is specifically tied to longing for past times or places.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the '-alg-' sequence in the middle: 'nost-alg-ic', derived from Greek 'algos' (pain). Do not write *'nostalgic' as *'nostaligc' or *'nostalgik'.

💬 Examples

  1. She felt nostalgic when she heard the songs from her childhood.

  2. The film had a nostalgic quality that reminded viewers of simpler times.