adjective
- feeling a bittersweet longing for or wistful affection toward a period in the past
Examples
- She felt nostalgic when she visited her childhood home.
- The old photographs made him nostalgic for his college days.
- I get nostalgic whenever I hear that song from the 1980s.
- The movie has a nostalgic quality that appeals to older viewers.
- He spoke in a nostalgic tone about his time in the military.
- The antique shop filled her with nostalgic memories of her grandmother.