homesickness
/ˈhəʊmsɪknəs/noun
उच्चारण होम्सिक्नस
घर की याद, गृहविरह
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the feeling of being sad because you are away from home and miss it
घर की याद, गृहविरह
- Hostel students often feel homesickness.
- Homesickness hit her hard in the first week of college.
- Homesickness made the first month in the hostel hard for Kabir.
+ 2 more examples
- A call from his mother eased his homesickness.
- She tried to forget her homesickness by joining the choir.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
homesickness (uncountable)
Homesickness is uncountable, so it has no plural and does not take a or an.
'Homesickness' अगणनीय है, इसलिए उसका बहुवचन नहीं बनता और 'a' या 'an' नहीं लगता।
- Homesickness is common among first-year hostel students.
- Radhika suffered from homesickness for a month.
suffer from / feel / overcome homesickness
The usual verbs are feel, suffer from, get over and overcome.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ feel, suffer from, get over और overcome हैं।
- It took him two months to overcome homesickness.
- She felt a wave of homesickness at Diwali.
homesickness for + place / people
Use for to name what the person is missing.
जिसकी याद आ रही हो, उसे बताने के लिए 'for' लगता है।
- He felt homesickness for his village and his mother's cooking.
homesick (adjective) + for
The adjective is homesick, used after be or feel, and it takes for.
Adjective 'homesick' है, जो be या feel के बाद आता है और उसके साथ 'for' लगता है।
- Radhika felt homesick for her little town.
homesickness among + group
Use among for the group of people who commonly feel it.
जो समूह इसे प्रायः महसूस करता है, उसके लिए 'among' लगता है।
- Homesickness among new recruits is normal.
+Collocations 4
adjective + homesickness
severedeepterriblesuddenmildpainful
- A sudden homesickness came over him during the festival.
verb + homesickness
feelsuffer fromovercomecureget overfight
- Phone calls to her family helped Radhika get over homesickness.
homesickness + noun / verb
strikessets inwears offgrows
- Homesickness often sets in after the first week at college.
cause of homesickness
hostel lifenew cityfestivalfoodlanguage
- Hostel food made her homesickness worse.
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- Homesickness made it hard for him to concentrate on his studies.
घर की याद के कारण उसके लिए पढ़ाई पर ध्यान लगाना कठिन हो गया।
- Many students feel homesickness in their first weeks in Kota.
अनेक विद्यार्थी कोटा में पहले कुछ सप्ताह घर की याद महसूस करते हैं।
- The smell of her mother's rajma brought a pang of homesickness.
माँ के बने राजमा की महक ने घर की याद की एक टीस जगा दी।
- Her homesickness faded when she made new friends.
नए मित्र बनाने पर उसकी घर की याद कम हो गई।
- He overcame homesickness by joining the college cricket team.
उसने कॉलेज की क्रिकेट टीम में शामिल होकर घर की याद पर काबू पाया।
- Letters from her mother eased Radhika's homesickness.
माँ के पत्रों ने राधिका की घर की याद को कम कर दिया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ She has a homesickness for her family.
✓ She has homesickness for her family.
Homesickness is uncountable and does not take a.
'Homesickness' अगणनीय है और उसके साथ 'a' नहीं आता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
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Sadness from missing your home while you are away.
घर से दूर रहने पर उसकी याद से उत्पन्न उदासी।
- Homesickness hit him in the hostel.
A warm, sometimes sad longing for a past time.
बीते समय के लिए गर्मजोशी भरी, कभी-कभी उदास चाहत।
- Old songs fill her with nostalgia.
◇Word family
AaSpelling
home·sick·ness
?Which word?
Keep the longing words together: homesickness (missing your home), nostalgia (a sad but pleasant feeling when you think about the past), yearning (a strong desire), pining (feeling sad because you want something you cannot have), wistfulness (a feeling of sad longing).
लालसा के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: homesickness (घर की याद), nostalgia (अतीत को याद करने पर दुखद पर सुखद भावना), yearning (तीव्र इच्छा), pining (न मिल सकने वाली चीज़ के लिए दुखी होना), wistfulness (दुखद लालसा की भावना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Exam tip: students preparing in coaching cities often feel homesickness; regular calls home and a routine help.
परीक्षा युक्ति: कोचिंग शहरों में तैयारी करने वाले छात्र प्रायः घर की याद महसूस करते हैं; घर पर नियमित फ़ोन और दिनचर्या मदद करती है।