homesick
sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
Origin of homesick
1Other words from homesick
- homesickness, noun
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How to use homesick in a sentence
And in spite of your liberal thorns and maddening incomprehensibilities, you can always put homesickness to flight.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIn young people particularly, homesickness is a not uncommon cause of melancholia.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyFright, grief, great anxiety, mental shock cause amenorrhoea; so do homesickness and many forms of insanity.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyJust a touch of homesickness came over Jack Dudley, and he felt lonely for the first time since leaving home.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. EllisShe's going to call it homesickness, the young rascal, is she?
The Nicest Girl in the School | Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for homesick
/ (ˈhəʊmˌsɪk) /
depressed or melancholy at being away from home and family
Derived forms of homesick
- homesickness, noun
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