homesick

[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 of homesick

First recorded in 1790–1800; home + sick¹

Related formshome·sick·ness, noun

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Related Words for homesick

lonely, wistful, hankering, heartsick, missing, yearning

Examples from the Web for homesick

Contemporary Examples of homesick

I also found that Hofbräu-Festzelt is the tent of choice for homesick English-speakers.
My Two-Day Oktoberfest Bender
Kristyn Ostman
October 5, 2013
If she is at all uncomfortable or homesick, Lamb promises to take her to the nearest airport and send her back to her mom.
Great Weekend Reads
Malcolm Jones, Lucy Scholes, Jacob Silverman, Drew Toal
September 18, 2011
Who it helps: Homesick troops, many of them on their second, third, or even fourth deployment.
Don't Be a Scrooge!
The Daily Beast
December 16, 2009
She was homesick, lonely, and longed to return to the movies—a proposal nixed by the Monegasques and her spouse.
Last Role for Princess Grace
Sandra McElwaine
December 12, 2009

Historical Examples of homesick

I wanted you to see the last of that town under a cloud, so you might not be homesick so soon.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
I guess, Tom, that we will be kept too busy to get homesick.
The Dare Boys of 1776
Stephen Angus Cox
If I hadn't been just going I'd have been too homesick for words.
Jan and Her Job
L. Allen Harker
He was going to be homesick for that cottage and its contents.
Galusha the Magnificent
Joseph C. Lincoln
And now I'm going to bed—well, not homesick, you know, but just 'longing a lil bit for all.'
The Christian
Hall Caine

British Dictionary definitions for homesick

homesick

adjective

depressed or melancholy at being away from home and family

Derived Formshomesickness, noun

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Word Origin and History for homesick

adj.

1798, back-formation from homesickness.