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homesick

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home·sick  (hmsk)
adj.
Acutely longing for one's family or home.

homesickness n.

homesick [ˈhəʊmˌsɪk]
adj
depressed or melancholy at being away from home and family
homesickness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.homesick - longing to return home
desirous, wishful - having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
Translations
homesick [ˈhəʊmsɪk] ADJ to be homesicktener morriña
I feel homesickecho de menos mi casa

homesick [ˈhəʊmsɪk] adj
to be homesick (for a place)avoir le mal du pays; (missing one's family)s'ennuyer de sa famille
to be homesick for sth → avoir la nostalgie de qch
The smell of the grass made her homesick for her parents' farm → L'odeur de l'herbe lui donna la nostalgie de la ferme de ses parents.

homesick [ˈhəʊmˌsɪk] adj to be homesickavere la nostalgia, sentire la mancanza di casa
homesick [ˈhəʊmˌsɪk] adj to be homesickavere la nostalgia, sentire la mancanza di casa

homesick مشتاق للوطن zastesknout po domově have hjemve heimwehkrank νοσταλγός nostálgico koti-ikävää tunteva nostalgique du pays nostalgičan nostalgico ホームシックの 향수병에 걸린 lijdend aan heimwee ha hjemlengsel stęskniony za domem com saudade de casa, com saudades de casa тоскующий по дому ha hemlängtan คิดถึงบ้าน sıla hasreti çeken nhớ nhà 想家的


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She could not at first tell why she felt sad, but she became conscious at last of great longing to go home; then she knew she was homesick, although she was a thousand times better off with Mother Holle than with her mother and sister.
We children who were used to the free range of woods and fields were homesick for the country in our narrow city yard, and I associate with this longing the 'Farmer's Boy of Bloomfield,' which my father got for me.
I'm homesick from ear-socket to crupper, and from crupper to hock-joint; but it ain't any use, I've got to stay here, till the old man drops the rag and give the word--yes, SIR, right here in this ------country I've got to linger till the old man says COME
 
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