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Meanings of homesick in English

Nostalgic.

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Usage of homesick in English
1
The New Zealand Warriors have booked flights home for four homesick players.
News.com.au
2
And, despite feeling homesick for my family in Brisbane, it really did.
The Guardian
3
If he was feeling homesick, various views across Cape Cod were available.
Moonfall
4
If your home was Hill House would you be homesick for it?
The Haunting of Hill House
5
It was a familiar London atmosphere, and I felt a bit homesick.
A Time of Gifts
6
I knew very well that I was homesick for my best friend.
Shadow and Bone
7
Of course I got awful homesick; used to cry myself to sleep.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
8
Aron, who had not known he had a home, was nauseatingly homesick.
East of eden
9
She wrote flourishing letters home even though she was unhappy & homesick.
The new yorker
10
The more attention she paid to me the more homesick I grew.
The Blunders of a Bashful Man
11
I told her about the flowers and it made her quite homesick.
An Amiable Charlatan
12
Staying hidden in that squalid room had made him wretched and homesick.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit; Or, How to Win
13
They stood round it in groups, deafened and thrilled-anda little homesick.
Out To Win: The Story of America in France
14
He was lying in bed one afternoon, lonely and homesick and sad.
Gordon Keith
15
The sight of these familiar objects made him more homesick than ever.
John James Audubon
16
He was so homesick he thought he would go and see Patchie.
Dogsbody
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Homesick across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common