homesick

homesick
Missing ones home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

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  • Homesick — Home sick , a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. {Home sick ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • homesick — 1798, back formation from HOMESICKNESS (Cf. homesickness) …   Etymology dictionary

  • homesick — [adj] nostalgic hankering, heartsick, lonely, longing for home, missing, wistful, yearning; concepts 403,529 …   New thesaurus

  • homesick — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling upset because one is missing one s home …   English terms dictionary

  • homesick — [hōm′sik΄] adj. [back form. < homesickness, 18th c. rendering of Ger heimweh] unhappy or depressed at being away from home and family; longing for home homesickness n …   English World dictionary

  • Homesick — Infobox Only Fools and Horses episode name = Homesick Series = 3 writer = John Sullivan director = Ray Butt producer = Ray Butt Duration = 30 minutes Airdate = 10 November 1983 Audience = 9.4 million Cast = Homesick is an episode of the BBC sit… …   Wikipedia

  • homesick — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel ▪ become, get ▪ make sb ▪ Seeing other families together made him terribly homesick. ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

  • homesick — [[t]ho͟ʊmsɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are homesick, you feel unhappy because you are away from home and are missing your family, friends, and home very much. She s feeling a little homesick. Derived words: homesickness N UNCOUNT… …   English dictionary

  • homesick — adj. homesick for * * * homesickfor …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Homesick James Williamson — Homesick James beim Long Beach Blues Festival 1994 Homesick James (* James A. Williamson, 30. April 1910 in Somerville, Tennessee; † 13. Dezember 2006 in Springfield (Missouri)) war ein US amerikanischer Blues Musiker. Bereits im Kindesalter… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Homesick James — (30 April, 1910 [This is his most widely accepted date of birth. Other sources give various dates between 1905 and 1914.] 13 December 2006) was a black American blues musician. He is believed to have been born John William Henderson, but later… …   Wikipedia

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