homesick

[ hohm-sik ]
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adjective
  1. sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.

Origin of homesick

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; home + sick1

Other 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 Atherton
  • In young people particularly, homesickness is a not uncommon cause of melancholia.

  • Fright, grief, great anxiety, mental shock cause amenorrhoea; so do homesickness and many forms of insanity.

  • Just 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. Ellis
  • She's going to call it homesickness, the young rascal, is she?

British Dictionary definitions for homesick

homesick

/ (ˈhəʊmˌsɪk) /


adjective
  1. depressed or melancholy at being away from home and family

Derived forms of homesick

  • homesickness, noun

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