"homesick" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more homesick [comparative], most homesick [superlative]
Etymology: Back-formation from homesickness, equivalent to home + sick. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|homesickness}} Back-formation from homesickness, {{af|en|home|sick}} home + sick Head templates: {{en-adj}} homesick (comparative more homesick, superlative most homesick)
  1. (often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic. Tags: often Derived forms: homesickness Translations (missing one's home or family): носталгичен (nostalgičen) (Bulgarian), enyorat (Catalan), بیری ماڵەوە (bîrî mallewe) (Central Kurdish), 思鄉 (Chinese Mandarin), 思乡 (sīxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 想家 (xiǎngjiā) [colloquial] (Chinese Mandarin), 鄉愁 [literary] (Chinese Mandarin), 乡愁 (xiāngchóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 懷鄉 [dated] (Chinese Mandarin), 怀乡 (huáixiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), tesknící po domově (Czech), heemziek (Dutch), heimwee [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Dutch), koti-ikävä (english: check usage at fi entry) [noun] (Finnish), heimwehkrank (German), νοσταλγός (nostalgós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), vera með heimþrá (Icelandic), vera haldinn heimþrá (Icelandic), iliw (Ilocano), nostalgico (Italian), ホームシック (hōmushikku) (Japanese), manatu (Maori), нутгаа санах (nutgaa sanax) (Mongolian), үгүйлэх (ügüjlex) (Mongolian), гэрээ санах (geree sanax) (Mongolian), nostalgiczny (Polish), тоску́ющий по дому (po) (Russian), sabik sa pag-uwi (Tagalog), nahihidlaw (Tagalog), taʻelata (Tongan), yurduna özlemli (Turkish)

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          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
          "word": "vera með heimþrá"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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          "word": "нутгаа санах"
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          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
          "word": "taʻelata"
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          "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "鄉愁"
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      "roman": "xiāngchóu",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "乡愁"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huáixiāng",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "怀乡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "tesknící po domově"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "heemziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
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      "word": "heimwee"
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      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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      "word": "koti-ikävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "heimwehkrank"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nostalgós",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νοσταλγός"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "vera með heimþrá"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "vera haldinn heimþrá"
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      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "missing one's home or family",
      "word": "manatu"
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      "word": "нутгаа санах"
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