nostalgia

Definition

  • noun: pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again
  • noun: the state of being homesick
  • synonyms: homesickness, heimweh, aching

Examples

  • A wave of 'nostalgia' swept over me when I saw my childhood home.

  • He was filled with 'nostalgia' for his college days.

Movie quotes

  • (..) talk anymore. l want to hear talk about you. Don't come back. Don't think about us. Don't look back. Don't write. Don't give in to nostalgia. Forget us all. lf you do and you come back, don't come see me. l won't let you in my house. Understand? (..)
    1988 Cinema Paradiso