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sentimental remembrance of or longing for people, places, possessions, or experiences of the past.
Looking through his old letters and photographs filled him with nostalgia.Nostalgia is what brings many former students back for their school reunions. |
adjective + (n.)nostalgia
bittersweet,
collective,
colonial,
communist,
faint,
false,
fond,
fuzzy,
genuine,
imperial,
imperialist,
instant,
intense,
ironic,
mere,
nostalgic,
odd,
old-time,
overcome,
overpowering,
pastoral,
profound,
pure,
radical,
romantic,
selective,
sentimental,
slight,
sweet,
warm,
widespread,
wistful
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verb + (n.)nostalgia
appeal, arouse, betray, convey, evoke, express, fuel, indulge, regret, stir, succumb, suffuse, sustain, tinge, title, transcend, wallow
(n.)nostalgia
+ verb
buff, characterize, drape, fade, intensify, witness, yearn
noun + (n.)nostalgia
antebellum,
bit,
collector,
comedy,
consciousness,
dose,
exercise,
familiarity,
fantasy,
feeling,
fiction,
fit,
glow,
haze,
hint,
kitsch,
longing,
lover,
memory,
mix,
mixture,
mood,
nationalist,
pang,
present,
pride,
romance,
sense,
terror,
tinge,
tradition,
twinge,
wave
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nostalgic (adj.), nostalgically (adv.) |
The word nostalgia
contains the following part:
alg, algo, -algia
Greek
root
that means pain
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