Disappointment
Disappointment noun - The emotion felt when one's expectations are not met.
Nostalgia and disappointment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nostalgia" instead a noun "Disappointment".
Nostalgia
Nostalgia noun - Longing for something past.
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Synonyms for Nostalgia
Disappointment and nostalgia are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disappointment" instead a noun "Nostalgia".
Nearby Word: nostalgic
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The Nostalgia Chick sympathizes with the daughters of the My Little Pony movie because she knows how it feels to have a mother who thinks you're a disappointment.
Source: "Well Done, Son!" Guy - Media Blasters' DVD release used the international dub masters, to the disappointment of fans who had nostalgia for the UPN version (which would seem to have been made and aired after the "International English" dub).
Source: Dueling Dubs -
The Nostalgia Critic always wants everything to be perfect and breaks down in disappointment when the movies he's watching inevitably "fail" him.
Source: The Perfectionist
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