homesick

Definition

  • adjective: sad because you are away from your family and home
  • adjective: longing for home and family while absent from them
  • synonyms: wishful, desirous

Examples

  • He was/got 'homesick' when he went to college.

  • She was 'homesick' for her mother's cooking.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) This tank's way beyond repair. He's got a family out there. I heard 'em. Don't you get it? He's homesick. That's why he acts so weird. Jesse-- Rae, they tried to kill him! Hand me that, Jesse. (..)
    1993 Free Willy