lamenters
Those who wail
Lamenters are people who express grief or sorrow, often vocally.
The word appears in contexts of mourning—funeral lamenters, professional mourners, or those grieving a loss: The lamenters gathered at the graveside.
It can extend to anyone bewailing misfortune: lamenters of the good old days.
Those experiencing bereavement
- wailersThose who cry loudly
- keenersThose who wail grievously
- weepersThose who shed tears
- bereavedDeprived by death
elegists · mourners · cortege · pallbearers · funereal · threnody · dirge · elegy
Severely emotionally distressed
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
bereft · disconsolate · forlorn · despairing · tearful · weeping · melancholy · pining
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
- contriteFeeling guilt over misdeeds
- penitentOne showing remorse
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
- guilt-riddenTormented by remorse
apologetic · rueful · compunctious · contrition · penitence · repentance · atonement · penance
Those favoring a cause
- comfortersPadded bed coverings
- consolersThose providing emotional support
- supportersPeople who back something
- empathizersThose attuned to others' emotions
commiserators · companionship · solidarity · compassion · solace · comfort
grievers
Those experiencing bereavement
bereaved · elegists · mourners · cortege · pallbearers · funereal · threnody · dirge · elegy · requiem
anguished
Severely emotionally distressed
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
inconsolable · bereft · disconsolate · forlorn · despairing · tearful · weeping · melancholy · pining · yearning
remorseful
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
guilt-ridden · apologetic · rueful · compunctious · contrition · penitence · repentance · atonement · penance · mea culpa
sympathizers
Those favoring a cause
- comfortersPadded bed coverings
- consolersThose providing emotional support
- supportersPeople who back something
empathizers · commiserators · companionship · solidarity · compassion · solace · comfort
lamenterscelebrants
Those observing special occasions
revelers · merrymakers · celebrators · cheerers · partiers
lamentersaccepters
Those who consent
optimists · appreciators · stoics · comforters · consolers
- late lamentedRecently deceased and mourned