Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A depressed state of mind in persons away from home; nostalgia. It is characterized by an intense longing for home and the society of absent friends; it may also involve profound interference with nutrition, and give rise to further mental disturbance marked by delirium, incoherence, hallucination, or suicidal attempts. Generally the word signifies only a temporary or occasional depression of spirits from a longing for the renewal of former associations, actual or severe illness from this cause being rare.
Wiktionary
- n. The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a longing to return home
Examples
“And couple that with the history of what they call homesickness, or as I would interpret that, depression, she may be out there contemplating, you know, does she want to go back to school, does she want to pursue this missionary thing.”
“And yes, definitely the homesickness is stronger in the fall -- at least for me -- partly because my brother has an apple orchard and the season is starting to kick in and I just think wistfully about being able to walk out and pick apples.”
“And yes, homesickness is universal, no matter where you're from, if you're removed from where you grew up.”
“Though Im happy to say that with each day the homesickness is easing up bit by bit.”
“And then follows a note of homesickness from the man who had felt it so seldom:”
“Almost worse than his homesickness was his immediate boredom.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery
“The noises of the camp drifted up over the grade fitfully, dreamily; some new hunger that might have been called homesickness was urging a new tone into the evening sounds.”
“You are forgetting the man who travels the lonely trails to the camps and up the gulches for the sick and wounded and brings them out on his broncho's back and his own, too, watches by them and prays with them, who yarns to them and sings to them till they forget their homesickness, which is the sickness the hospital cannot cure.”
“It is called homesickness, and assumes different aspects, my worthy friend.”
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
“But best-laid plans went awry with the quick departures of two other transfers - 6-8 swingman Matt Gonzales, who failed to meet eligibility requirements, and 6-3 guard Andrew Davenport, who battled a thumb injury and then what Robert Davenport (no relation) called homesickness that caused the player to return to California.”
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