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NOSTALGIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nostalgic mean?
• NOSTALGIC (adjective)
The adjective NOSTALGIC has 1 sense:
1. unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons
Familiarity information: NOSTALGIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons
Similar:
desirous; wishful (having or expressing desire for something)
Derivation:
nostalgia (longing for something past)
Context examples
They make us aware of the passage of time and make us sentimental or nostalgic.
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