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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nostalgicadjective

    unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

Wiktionary

  1. nostalgicnoun

    A person who displays nostalgia for something.

  2. nostalgicadjective

    Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.

  3. nostalgicadjective

    Reminiscent of the speaker's childhood or younger years.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nostalgicadjective

    of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. nostalgique.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nostalgic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nostalgic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of nostalgic in a Sentence

  1. Chris Corbould:

    The V8 Vantage for me was very nostalgic, because I was in charge of that sequence out in Austria with the original one, and to see it come back in this film was very nostalgic for me.

  2. Dee Pernell:

    I think, for most people, comfort food is nostalgic, it's heavy ; it's warm ; it's comforting and it feels like a big hug.

  3. Unknown:

    It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

  4. Laine Nooney:

    It feels custom engineered for our ongoing pandemic, with folks stuck at home for the foreseeable future, and especially those with children, surely Nintendo Switch hopes Mario Kart Live will be a source of nostalgic fun for parents and at-home experimentation for kids.

  5. David Wills:

    I wanted to do a fun book, something that captured the spirit of summer, beaches are a universal playground… For many of us, some of our earliest and happiest memories involve playing on the beach. I hope when people look at the book, they’ll view it like a visual cocktail. I want readers to go back to their nostalgic, happy time.

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