empty nest syndrome



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.
See also: empty, nest, syndrome

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EnokE-nok (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Stevenson['sti:vnsn]
Tate[teit]
Ofek-Hebrew
Leofsige-Anglo-Saxon
Zlatko-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian