Nostalgia

Pronunciation: /nɔːˈstældʒə/

Nostalgia (noun)

  1. A feeling of happy sadness when you think about earlier times, especially good moments from your life.
  2. A strong desire to return to a past period, often because it seems better than the present.

Examples

  • Nostalgia makes me smile when I remember that warm past feeling.
  • The song brings nostalgia, a warm past feeling, back to me.

Synonyms of Nostalgia

Informal

    Formal

    Casual