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The synonyms of “Nostalgic” are: wistful, evocative, romantic, sentimental, emotional about the past, regretful, dewy-eyed, maudlin, homesick
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nostalgic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| dewy-eyed | Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. |
| emotional about the past | Of more than usual emotion. |
| evocative | Serving to bring to mind- Wilder Hobson. The building s cramped interiors are highly evocative of past centuries. |
| homesick | Longing to return home. He was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe. |
| maudlin | Effusively or insincerely emotional. A bout of maudlin self pity. |
| regretful | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. He sounded regretful but pointed out that he had committed himself. |
| romantic | Relating to or denoting the artistic and literary movement of romanticism. Some romantic dream of country peace. |
| sentimental | Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. Sentimental soap operas. |
| wistful | Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing. A wistful smile. |
| anecdote | A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. The use of inversions of hierarchy anecdote and paradox by Magritte Dali and others. |
| anniversary | The date on which a romance began in a previous month or week. The 75th anniversary of the RAF. |
| autobiography | A biography of yourself. He gives a vivid description of his childhood in his autobiography. |
| biographical | Of or relating to or being biography. Biographical data. |
| biography | The course of a person’s life. The basic difference of approach to autobiography and biography. |
| boyhood | The childhood of a boy. A boyhood friend. |
| bygone | Past events to be put aside. Bygone days. |
| catchy | Having concealed difficulty. Catchy pop melodies. |
| conjure | Ask for or request earnestly. She had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother s face. |
| evocative | Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind. Powerfully evocative lyrics. |
| evoke | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. Evoke sympathy. |
| implore | Beg earnestly for. I implore mercy. |
| indelible | Not able to be forgotten. Indelible memories. |
| memoir | An essay on a scientific or scholarly topic. An important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea. |
| memorable | Worth remembering. He recalled memorable moments in his life. |
| mindful | Bearing in mind; attentive to. I arrived home for the summer ever mindful of my obligations to my parents. |
| reawaken | (with reference to a feeling or state) emerge or cause to emerge again; awaken again. A sense of community started to reawaken in the 1970s. |
| recall | Recall knowledge from memory have a recollection. Annie recalled the event that led to the rift in their friendship. |
| recollect | Recall knowledge from memory have a recollection. He could not quite recollect the reason. |
| recollection | The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort. A biography based on his wife s recollections. |
| redolent | Having a strong pleasant odor. Names redolent of history and tradition. |
| remember | Do something that one has undertaken to do or that is necessary or advisable. The congress should be remembered in our prayers. |
| remembrance | The action of remembering the dead. A flash of remembrance passed between them. |
| reminder | A letter sent to remind someone of an obligation, especially to pay a bill. Her mushroom omelette is a blissful reminder of Sunday suppers. |
| reminisce | Indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events. They reminisced about their summers abroad. |
| reminiscence | A collection in literary form of incidents that someone remembers. His reminiscences of his early days in Parliament. |
| reminiscent | Tending to remind one of something. The sights were reminiscent of my childhood. |
| retrospect | Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember. In retrospect. |
| travelogue | A film, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited by or experiences of a traveller. |
| vividly | In a vivid manner. Twain vividly portrays the brutality of slavery. |
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