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Meanings of homesickness in English

Russian
тоска по родине
Portuguese
saudades de casa
Spanish
morriña

Distress caused by being away from home.

Related terms
тоска по родине
Antonyms
Examples for "wanderlust"
Examples for "wanderlust"
1
Also read: Virtual travel experiences to help satisfy your wanderlust during lockdown
The South African
2
In no specific order, here are 15 pictures to ignite your wanderlust.
The South African
3
I missed my alone time, my books, and my ways of wanderlust.
Ebony
4
But if you want to spark your wanderlust, take a gander below.
The South African
5
The shipping up the Southampton water nurtured my wanderlust and extensive future travels.
BBC
Usage of homesickness in English
1
Because for anyone, you are really vulnerable to homesickness at that age.
Radio NZ
2
It puzzled Caleb mightily; he laid it to homesickness at the beginning.
Then I'll Come Back to You
3
She ate but little; in fact, homesickness had nearly destroyed her appetite.
The Two Elsies / A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket
4
Happily my acute homesickness was soon forgotten in another kind of malady.
Prester John
5
The sight of them sent a great pang of homesickness through him.
One Basket
6
At some of the sentences a wild homesickness took possession of her.
Marcia Schuyler
7
Behind their unprepossessing exteriors lurk traces of loneliness, homesickness, fear or affection.
The Guardian
8
Suddenly a great homesickness fell upon the novice like an iron weight.
The Guests Of Hercules
9
Watching it she forgot, for the moment, her anxiety and mounting homesickness.
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
10
I guess it was the homesickness, after all, that made me blue.
Deerfoot in The Mountains
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There came moments when she suffered from homesickness for a fairer land.
The Goose Man
12
A sudden pang of homesickness choked her, but she did not cry.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
13
There is renewal of that fathomless homesickness, deep resolve, and high assurance.
Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
14
Then, as homesickness and novelty alike wore off, his adventurous soul expanded.
Further Adventures of Lad
15
An unacknowledged homesickness afflicted him-anOld-Homesickness, rather than a yearning for America.
Hawthorne and His Circle
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Not one worry, not one concern, not one small drop of homesickness.
An American Idyll / The Life of Carleton H. Parker
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Translations for homesickness
Spanish
morriña
Homesickness through the time
Homesickness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common