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a situation in which parents feel unhappy because their children have become adults and have stopped living with themThesaurus: raising and caring for a childhyponym
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
(the) empty nest
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the empty nest — UK / US noun [singular] a situation in which parents feel unhappy because their children have become adults and have stopped living with them … English dictionary
empty nest — the ˌempty ˈnest 7 [empty nest] noun singular the situation that parents are in when their children have grown up and left home … Useful english dictionary
Empty nest syndrome — is a general feeling of loneliness that parents/other guardian relatives may feel when one or more of their children leave home. While more common in women, it can happen to both sexes. The marriage of a child can lead to similar feelings, with… … Wikipedia
empty-nest syndrome — ☆ empty nest syndrome [emp′tē nest′ ] n. a form of mental depression said to be caused in women by the loss felt when their children grow up and leave home * * * … Universalium
empty-nest syndrome — ☆ empty nest syndrome [emp′tē nest′ ] n. a form of mental depression said to be caused in women by the loss felt when their children grow up and leave home … English World dictionary
empty nest syndrome — the sad feelings which parents have when their children grow up and leave home. The last of her children had recently moved out and she was suffering from empty nest syndrome … New idioms dictionary
Empty Nest (TV series) — infobox television show name = Empty Nest caption = format = Sitcom runtime = 25 minutes creator = Susan Harris starring = Richard Mulligan Kristy McNichol Dinah Manoff David Leisure Park Overall Paul Provenza Lisa Rieffel Marsha Warfield Estelle … Wikipedia
The Empty Chair — Infobox Book name = The Empty Chair title orig = translator = image caption = author = Jeffery Deaver illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English series = Lincoln Ryhme series subject = genre = crime publisher = Coronet pub date =… … Wikipedia
empty-nest syndrome — Traditionally in Chinese families, adult children live with their elderly parents under the same roof. Chinese people start to experience empty nest syndrome as a result of social change. Empty nest syndrome is very peculiar in China in several… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
empty-nest syndrome — /ɛmpti ˈnɛst sɪndroʊm/ (say emptee nest sindrohm) noun Colloquial depression which affects some parents whose children have all grown up and left home: *Like mothers everywhere, she suffered from empty nest syndrome when he left home in the early …
