black armband
Sleeve-worn sorrow symbol
A black armband is a band of black fabric worn around the upper arm as a sign of mourning or protest.
Athletes and officials commonly wear them to honor someone who has recently died: The team wore black armbands for their former coach.
They may also signal solidarity with a cause or commemorate a tragedy.
- mourningPeriod following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- funeral serviceCeremony for the deceased
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
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- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
- Dissentprotest art, civil disobedience, dissidents, protest songs, protest poetry
- Protest Symbolsraised fist, clenched fist, solidarity fist, fist, peace symbol
emotional/ceremonial significance
black armbandparty hat
Conical festive headwear
gold medal · laurel wreath · wedding dress · championship ring · lei
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