nostalgic
adjective
nos路tal路gic
| \ n盲-藞stal-jik
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Definition of nostalgic
(Entry 1 of 2)
: feeling or inspiring nostalgia: such as
a
: longing for or thinking fondly of a past time or condition
As we drove through the French countryside, I couldn't help being not just nostalgic, but wistful, about how simple wine was 25 years ago.— Matt Kramer The protest mostly featured the usual suspects鈥攁nti-capitalists, environmentalists, union types chanting "Solidarity," and aging hippies nostalgic for their youth.— Margaret Wente
b
: evocative of a longed-for past time or condition
He loved good stories, especially nostalgic ones from his boyhood, and relished the telling.— Peter Schworm He soon parlayed his nostalgic pictures into a business that would eventually include writing, antique collecting, museum operations, and reproduction-furniture making.— David K. Leff
nostalgic
noun
nos路tal路gic
plural nostalgics
Definition of nostalgic (Entry 2 of 2)
: someone who longs for a past time or condition : a person given to nostalgia
There are nostalgics on both sides who felt better with a predictably snarling standoff than with the uncertain paths now opening.— Flora Lewis Eventually it would become an empty shell, a refuge for nostalgics unable to accept the challenge facing all organizations in a changing world; adapt or perish.— John L. H. Keep
Other Words from nostalgic
Adjective
nostalgically
\ n盲-藞stal-ji-k(蓹-)l膿
, n蓹- also n券- , n艒- ; n蓹-藞st盲l- \
adverb
, n蓹- also n券- , n艒- ; n蓹-藞st盲l- \
adverb
thinking nostalgically of the summers they spent together
looking back nostalgically on happier times
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