: 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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That meant a lot to a homesick kid across the continent from his family.
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Call it obsession or devotion, but Rhino Market & Deli turned a homesick sandwich snob into a loyal local.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025
Realizing Bubble Inn housed some of the youngest children, the directors of Camp Mystic – Eastland and his wife, Tweety – had a plan to help any girls who were particularly homesick.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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.
—Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2024
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Call it obsession or devotion, but Rhino Market & Deli turned a homesick sandwich snob into a loyal local.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025
Realizing Bubble Inn housed some of the youngest children, the directors of Camp Mystic – Eastland and his wife, Tweety – had a plan to help any girls who were particularly homesick.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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.
—Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2024
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“Homesick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homesick. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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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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