All nostalgia synonyms
nos·tal·gia
N n noun nostalgia
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- reminiscence — the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
- wistfulness — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- longing — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- remorse — deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- pining — to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for): to pine for one's home and family.
- schmaltz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- hearts and flowers — maudlin sentimentality: The play is a period piece, full of innocence abused and hearts and flowers.
- tear-jerker — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.