homesickness meaning

• Noun: homesickness  'howm`siknus
  1. A longing to return home

  Derived forms: homesicknesses

  See also: homesick

  Type of: nostalgia

  Encyclopedia: Homesickness

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  [Medicine]
  The state of feeling sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or being separated from others.

Examples

1. he returned to his native land of homesickness.
2. it was as overpowering and imaginative as homesickness.
3. those pictures surelly trigued my deep homesickness
4. he returned to his native land of homesickness
5. the girl appeared to be overcome with homesickness