nostalgic

1. 1.

   unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

   Similardesirous

Questions about nostalgic

What does nostalgic mean?

nostalgic means "unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons".

How many syllables are in nostalgic?

nostalgic has 3 syllables: no-stal-gic. The stress falls on "stal". In IPA it is /nɔˈstældʒɪk/.

Is nostalgic a common word?

nostalgic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.