homesick

English

Back-formation from homesickness, equivalent to home +‎ sick.

homesick (comparative more homesick, superlative most homesick)

(often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

missing one's home or family

Bulgarian: носталгичен (nostalgičen)
Catalan: enyorat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 思鄉／思乡 (zh) (sīxiāng), (colloquial) 想家 (zh) (xiǎngjiā), (literary) 鄉愁／乡愁 (zh) (xiāngchóu), (dated) 懷鄉／怀乡 (zh) (huáixiāng)
Czech: tesknící po domově
Dutch: heemziek, heimwee (nl) m or f or n
Finnish: koti-ikävä (fi) (noun, check usage at fi entry)
German: heimwehkrank
Greek: νοσταλγός (el) m or f (nostalgós)
Icelandic: vera með heimþrá, vera haldinn heimþrá
Ilocano: iliw
Italian: nostalgico (it)
Japanese: ホームシック (hōmushikku)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بیری ماڵەوە (bîrî mallewe)
Maori: manatu
Mongolian: нутгаа санах (nutgaa sanax), үгүйлэх (mn) (ügüjlex), гэрээ санах (geree sanax)
Polish: nostalgiczny (pl)
Russian: тоску́ющий (toskújuščij) по (po) дому (domu) (toskújuščij po dómu)
Tagalog: sabik sa pag-uwi, nahihidlaw
Tongan: taʻelata
Turkish: yurduna özlemli

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