sackcloth (0 synonym found)

We don't have synonyms for sackcloth yet — it may be a rare, specialized, newly coined, or misspelled word. The closest thesaurus entries we have are neckcloth, backcloth and packcloth.

We don't have any synonyms for sackcloth yet.

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neckcloth  ·  backcloth  ·  packcloth  ·  sack cloth  ·  facecloth  ·  sailcloth

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Definition of sackcloth:

°A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
°(Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.
"After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes."
Definition of sackcloth:

°A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
°(Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.
"After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes."
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