22
nostalgia(noun, feeling, melancholy, sadness, home)
19
longing(noun, feeling, melancholy, sadness, home)
12
loneliness(noun, feeling, sadness, home, longing)
12
wistfulness(noun, feeling, melancholy, sadness, home)
10
alienation(noun, feeling, sadness, home, longing)
10
isolation(noun, feeling, sadness, home, longing)
10
reminiscence(noun, feeling, melancholy, sadness, home)
10
rootlessness(noun, feeling, sadness, home, longing)
10
unhappiness(noun, feeling, melancholy, sadness, home)
9
melancholy(noun, feeling, sadness, home, longing)
8
yearning(noun, melancholy, longing, regret, languor)
7
nostalgy(noun, feeling, sadness, longing)
7
philopatridomania(noun, melancholy, home, psychiatry)
6
country sickness(expression, feeling, longing, country)
4
sentimentality(noun, melancholy, longing, yearning, regret)
4
yearning for home(expression, feeling, home, longing)
3
ennui(noun, melancholy, languor, pensiveness)
3
hiraeth(noun, desire, sad, grief, nostalgia)
2
aching(noun, feeling, suffering, longing)
2
hankering(noun, feeling, desire, thirst)
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