homesick

[ hohm-sik ]

/ ˈhoʊmˌsɪk /

sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.

Origin of homesick

First recorded in 1790–1800; home + sick¹

home·sick·ness, noun

Two and a half years of India, of pomp and circumstance and being envied, of heat and homesickness and loneliness.

Balloons |Elizabeth Bibesco
As Peter looked, he could not keep back his homesickness; on the shore of that misty lake lived his wife and children.

Men Called Him Master |Elwyn Allen Smith
I should die of homesickness for a sight of this beautiful city where I had gained my new-found joy!

At the Age of Eve |Kate Trimble Sharber
The pleasant weather, and the day at the Jardin d'Aclimation, had given him a terrible fit of homesickness.

Jack |Alphonse Daudet

Robinson had been seized with homesickness, and the infection reached Carmichael, who obstinately refused to proceed any further.

The Australian Explorers |George Grimm

homesick

/ (ˈhəʊmˌsɪk) /

depressed or melancholy at being away from home and family

homesickness, noun