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: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
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
The kids get really homesick.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2020
This pensive track depicts a wayward son making a slightly homesick call to his mama, lamenting that it’s been too long since he’s been home.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 May 2022
In 1989 a tattered copy of Newsweek ended up in a tiny village on the edge of the Kalahari Desert and fell into the hands of a homesick English teacher.
—Peter Gwin, National Geographic, 26 Aug. 2020
The culture shock, both on the court and off, left him severely homesick.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2023
Some are homesick for their Homeworld, but all of them have grown to love Earth and the imperfect people who inhabit it.
—Vulture, 14 Jan. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1748, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near homesick
Cite this Entry
“Homesick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homesick. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
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
More from Merriam-Webster on homesick
Nglish: Translation of homesick for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of homesick for Arabic Speakers
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