as in wistful
showing or evoking a longing for an often idealized past
Her grandfather was nostalgic about the 'good old days'. a nostalgic film about the 1960s
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Recent Examples of nostalgic
For many of us, peanut butter is a nostalgic food, transporting us back to peanut butter sandwiches in school cafeterias and character lunchboxes on school buses.
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Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Even as Nintendo has endlessly mined its classic consoles for nostalgic re-releases in recent decades, the company has seemed to completely ignore the existence of the Virtual Boy—its abortive 1990s dip into the world of early virtual reality.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The five-man J-pop band is soon celebrating its 25th anniversary and showering fans with a string of releases both nostalgic and new.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Can an album leave the past behind and be nostalgic at the same time?
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
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Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Even as Nintendo has endlessly mined its classic consoles for nostalgic re-releases in recent decades, the company has seemed to completely ignore the existence of the Virtual Boy—its abortive 1990s dip into the world of early virtual reality.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The five-man J-pop band is soon celebrating its 25th anniversary and showering fans with a string of releases both nostalgic and new.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Can an album leave the past behind and be nostalgic at the same time?
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nostalgic
wistful
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Co-written with Claire Douglas, Hannah Ellis, and Jason Massey, the song explores the uneasy tendency to sabotage our own happiness, pairing wistful guitars with Velasco's soaring vocals.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Now summer is slinking off and autumn is rushing in, cool and a little wistful.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Nostalgic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nostalgic. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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