homesick.

Unhappy because of being away from home and missing its people, places, or familiar life.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• feel homesick
• desperately homesick

On the page

She grew homesick only after the excitement of the first week faded.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more homesick; superlative most homesick when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.