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homesick
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Homesick
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home·sick
/
ˈhoʊmˌsɪk
/
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[
hohm
-sik
]
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adjective
sad or depressed from a longing for
home
or family while away from them for a long time.
Origin:
1790–1800;
home
+
sick
1
Related forms
home·sick·ness,
noun
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homesick
(ˈhəʊmˌsɪk)
—
adj
depressed or melancholy at being away from home and family
'homesickness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Example sentences
Discuss with these students the idea of being
homesick
or being happy to be
home after a long vacation.
War weary and
homesick
, they would soon find that the life they knew prior to
the war no longer existed.
The logic behind it is that the new bride won't miss her old village as much
and will be less likely to get
homesick
.
She left the seminary,
homesick
and ill with the flu, but unconverted to church
membership.
Pistachio and pale blue are summer colors but they are also
homesick
colors.
Camper becomes
homesick
to the point he/she is unable to participate in activities.
The market is famous for catering to the culinary cravings of
homesick
expatriates and rootless cosmopolitans.
When you're
homesick
, sometimes it doesn't seem enough to keep in touch by phone or email.
He's
homesick
on the first day of spring training every year.
They remembered her visits to camp--to minister to the wounded, cheer the
homesick
, and comfort the dying.
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