Nostalgic
Nostalgic adjective - Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons.
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Synonyms for Nostalgic
Unhappy and nostalgic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unhappy" instead an adjective "Nostalgic".
Nearby Word: nostalgia
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- The friend in question, John Shade, has said in Kinbote's hearing that a person who re-imagines their own history into a nostalgic Fictionland is not insane, merely fleeing a "drab and unhappy past".
Source: Longing for Fictionland - After getting a taste of life in 2015 France and discovering that quite a lot of people are nostalgic of his reign, Napoleon Bonaparte more or less calls them deluded, saying that if they are so unhappy in their own time, they won't be happier in any other era.
Source: Ye Goode Olde Days
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