| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | ache | dull emotional pain of longing |
| 2. | aching fondness | painful affection for what is gone |
| 3. | aching remembrance | painful fond memory of the past |
| 4. | backward glance | look toward earlier times |
| 5. | backward yearning | longing directed toward the past |
| 6. | backward-looking feeling | emotion focused on the past |
| 7. | bittersweetness | mixed joy and sadness in memory |
| 8. | blue mood | sad reflective feeling |
| 9. | brooding | moody dwelling on the past |
| 10. | bygone fondness | affection for earlier times |
| 11. | bygone sadness | sorrow about earlier times |
| 12. | bygone yearning | longing for earlier times |
| 13. | craving | powerful desire for something absent |
| 14. | daydreaming | pleasant drifting into remembered scenes |
| 15. | emotional recall | feeling-filled remembrance |
| 16. | flashback feeling | sudden emotional return to memory |
| 17. | fond memory | pleasant affectionate recollection |
| 18. | fond recall | warm recollection of the past |
| 19. | fond remembrance | warm memory of earlier times |
| 20. | fondness for the past | warm attachment to earlier times |
| 21. | golden-age longing | yearning for an idealized past |
| 22. | good-old-days feeling | fond emotion for earlier times |
| 23. | hankering | persistent longing for something past |
| 24. | heart-tug | emotional pull from memory |
| 25. | heart-yearning | deep emotional longing |
| 26. | heartache | emotional pain from remembered loss |
| 27. | heartfelt longing | deep sincere yearning |
| 28. | heartfelt remembrance | deeply felt memory of earlier times |
| 29. | heartstring tug | emotionally moving pull of memory |
| 30. | homesickness | longing for home or familiar places |
| 31. | lament | expression of sorrow for loss |
| 32. | longing | strong desire for what is gone |
| 33. | looking back | reflecting on earlier times |
| 34. | loving remembrance | affectionate memory of earlier times |
| 35. | maudlin feeling | overly sentimental sadness about the past |
| 36. | melancholy | sad reflective mood about the past |
| 37. | memory | mental recall of past experience |
| 38. | missfulness | state of missing something dearly |
| 39. | mournfulness | sad reflective feeling |
| 40. | musing | quiet reflective thinking |
| 41. | old-days longing | yearning for former times |
| 42. | old-days wistfulness | gentle sadness for former times |
| 43. | old-home feeling | emotion tied to familiar past places |
| 44. | old-place longing | yearning for familiar former places |
| 45. | old-soul sadness | reflective sadness about earlier times |
| 46. | old-time sentiment | affectionate feeling for earlier days |
| 47. | old-times feeling | emotion linked to earlier days |
| 48. | old-world longing | yearning for an earlier world |
| 49. | olden longing | yearning for former days |
| 50. | past craving | desire for earlier times |
| 51. | past longing | yearning for what has passed |
| 52. | past pull | attraction toward earlier times |
| 53. | pastward pull | emotional draw toward earlier times |
| 54. | pastward yearning | yearning toward earlier times |
| 55. | pensive longing | thoughtful sad yearning |
| 56. | pensive mood | thoughtful reflective sadness |
| 57. | pining | sad longing for something absent |
| 58. | place-longing | yearning for a remembered place |
| 59. | poignancy | sharp emotional sadness in memory |
| 60. | recollection | memory of past events |
| 61. | reflection | serious thought about past experiences |
| 62. | reminiscence | fond remembering of earlier times |
| 63. | reminiscing | fondly recalling earlier experiences |
| 64. | retrospect | survey of past events |
| 65. | retrospection | looking back on the past |
| 66. | retrospective feeling | emotion shaped by looking back |
| 67. | reverie | dreamy reflective state |
| 68. | romantic longing | idealized yearning for the past |
| 69. | rosy remembrance | pleasantly idealized memory of earlier days |
| 70. | rumination | repeated reflective thinking |
| 71. | saudade | deep emotional longing for absence |
| 72. | sehnsucht | intense yearning for something distant |
| 73. | sentimental mood | emotionally reflective state |
| 74. | sentimental recall | emotionally colored remembrance |
| 75. | sentimental yearning | emotional longing for the past |
| 76. | sentimentality | tender emotional attachment to memories |
| 77. | soft sorrow | mild sadness about the past |
| 78. | soul-yearning | profound inner longing |
| 79. | sweet remembrance | pleasant affectionate memory |
| 80. | sweet sorrow | pleasing sadness tied to memory |
| 81. | tender longing | gentle emotional desire for bygone times |
| 82. | tender memory | gentle affectionate recollection |
| 83. | tender sadness | gentle sorrow linked to memory |
| 84. | throwback feeling | sense of returning to earlier times |
| 85. | time-longing | yearning for another time |
| 86. | time-lost feeling | sense of yearning for bygone days |
| 87. | timeward yearning | longing directed to the past |
| 88. | timeworn yearning | longing colored by old memories |
| 89. | warm glow | pleasant feeling from fond memories |
| 90. | warm remembrance | kind memory of the past |
| 91. | wishfulness | hopeful longing for what was |
| 92. | wistful longing | gentle sad yearning |
| 93. | wistful mood | gently sad reflective feeling |
| 94. | wistful recall | gentle sad remembering |
| 95. | wistful remembrance | gentle sad memory |
| 96. | wistfulness | gentle sadness for past times |
| 97. | yearning | deep longing for the past |
| 98. | yen | strong craving or longing |
| 99. | yesteryear fondness | warm feeling for the past |
| 100. | yesteryear longing | yearning for the past |