REMIND

remind

reminder

reminisce /ˌremɪˈnɪs/ (v):

# [intransitive] reminisce (about something/somebody): to think, talk or write about a happy time in your past.

We spent a happy evening reminiscing about the past.

reminiscent /ˌremɪˈnɪsnt/ /ˌremɪˈnɪsnt/ (adj):

# ​reminiscent of somebody/ something: reminding you of somebody/ something.

The way he laughed was strongly reminiscent of his father.

She writes in a style reminiscent of both Proust and Faulkner.

# [only before noun] (formal) showing that you are thinking about the past, especially in a way that causes you pleasure.

a reminiscent smile

nostalgia /nɒˈstældʒə/ /nəˈstældʒə/ /nɑːˈstældʒə/ (n):

# [uncountable] ​a sad feeling mixed with pleasure when you think of happy times in the past.

a sense/wave/pang of nostalgia

She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days.

nostalgic /nɒˈstældʒɪk/ /nəˈstældʒɪk/ /nɑːˈstældʒɪk/ (adj):

# ​having or bringing a sad feeling mixed with pleasure when you think of happy times in the past.

nostalgic memories

I feel quite nostalgic for the place where I grew up.

nostalgically /nɒˈstældʒɪkli/ /nəˈstældʒɪkli/ /nɑːˈstældʒɪkli/ (adv):

# ​with a sad feeling mixed with pleasure when you think of happy times in the past.

to look back nostalgically to your childhood