: longing for home and family while absent from them
homesickness
noun
Examples of homesick in a Sentence
He was homesick when he went to college.
She was homesick for her mother's cooking.
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Roughly 270 miles southeast of Whitehorse, a forest of poles displays innumerable road signs posted by motorists since 1942 when a homesick American soldier named Carl K. Lindley erected a sign with the mileage to his hometown, Danville, Ill.
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Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2024
When touring abroad, their artists often play for homesick Brazilian crowds in small venues.
—Felipe Maia, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
This was also the case with Godden’s Miss Happiness and Miss Flower, the tale of two homesick Japanese dolls who have a traditional house created for them by a determined little girl and a clever boy.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
But that day, a co-owner trekked in from Jersey City to indulge two homesick Ethiopian American women: myself and Kelela, the enigmatic R&B singer whose fan base includes the likes of Beyoncé, Solange, Björk, and, not coincidentally, the Benyam host’s niece.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2023
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Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2024
When touring abroad, their artists often play for homesick Brazilian crowds in small venues.
—Felipe Maia, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
This was also the case with Godden’s Miss Happiness and Miss Flower, the tale of two homesick Japanese dolls who have a traditional house created for them by a determined little girl and a clever boy.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
But that day, a co-owner trekked in from Jersey City to indulge two homesick Ethiopian American women: myself and Kelela, the enigmatic R&B singer whose fan base includes the likes of Beyoncé, Solange, Björk, and, not coincidentally, the Benyam host’s niece.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2023
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homesick
adjective
home·sick
ˈhōm-ˌsik 
: longing for home and family while away from them
homesickness
noun
Medical Definition
homesick
adjective
home·sick
ˈhōm-ˌsik
: longing for home and family while absent from them
homesickness
noun
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