WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ˈemp•ty ˈnest ˌsyn•drome, n. [uncountable]
  1. Psychologya depressed state felt by some parents after their children have grown up and left home.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
emp′ty nest′ syn′drome, 
  1. Psychologya depressed state felt by some parents after their children have left home.
  • 1970–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
empty-nest syndrome
  1. a condition, often involving depression, loneliness, etc, experienced by parents living in a home from which the children have grown up and left
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