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homesickness

homesickness

5 3.4
A feeling of sadness when you are away from home and miss it
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊmˌsɪk.nəs/
: nostalgia
  • The homesickness he experienced while studying abroad made him appreciate his hometown even more.
  • loneliness and homesickness
  • feelings of homesickness
  • experience homesickness

So workplace resilience, less homesickness, more feelings of control, more positive social networks.

Examples

  • And I hardly think of homesickness as an ailment for adults, but in truth, it is an epidemic here.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • For weeks, her head ached and she cried from homesickness.

    Academic text (2007)

  • For a moment, he felt a surge of homesickness, and for Washington of all places.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • A wave of worry and homesickness crashed inside her.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • A feeling came over her, a feeling of longing or homesickness.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Counselors might be especially helpful when international students experience homesickness and culture shock.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Others reported that they had sleepless nights because of feelings of homesickness.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Mom relented again and found herself wracked with homesickness in yet another foreign backwater.

    Blog text (34)

  • People's disenchantment with urban living, especially among uprooted migrants, leads to homesickness for the rural landscape and an agrarian lifestyle.

    Academic text (2002)

  • After moving to a new city for school, she often felt a wave of homesickness whenever she thought of her family.

How Homesick

heartache
74 4.8
yearning
39 5.5
homesickness
5 3.4
nostalgia
80 5.3

Surface Forms

homesickness singular
homesicknesses plural

Morphology

homesickness = homesick (transparent) = home + sick + ness

Formed by the clear nominalization of the adjective 'homesick' (home + sick) with the productive suffix '-ness', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Homesickness comes from home ('home') and sickness ('illness'), which gave the idea of being 'sick' for your home. That's why homesickness means a deep sadness and longing for home when you are away.