sackcloth
Mourner's coarse garment
Sackcloth is a coarse fabric woven from goat hair or hemp, historically worn as a sign of mourning or penitence.
The phrase sackcloth and ashes refers to this ancient practice of expressing grief or repentance through rough clothing and ash-covered skin.
Today it appears mostly in figurative use: He's not exactly wearing sackcloth and ashes over the mistake.
Coarse woven fiber
- hessianCoarse woven jute cloth
- jutePlant fiber for sacking
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- gunnyCoarse jute fabric
haircloth · weave · flax · hemp · fiber · woven · unbleached · undyed
Bringer of misfortune
- NinevehAssyrian empire's seat
- JeremiahOld Testament major prophet
- JobBiblical patience exemplar
- EstherHebrew name meaning star
lamentation · prophet · Old Testament · Hebrew Bible · Ash Wednesday · fasting · Israelites · King David
Provoking scratching urges
- scratchyRough and irritating
- abrasiveRough enough to erode
- roughUneven in surface
- chafingIrritation from friction
uncomfortable · irritating · prickly · harsh · stiff · coarse · grating · unpleasant
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
self-mortification · humility · remorse · confession · absolution · expiation · self-denial · mortification
Intense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- ashesBurned matter's residue
loss · wailing · funeral rites · torn clothes · sitting shiva · mourning dress · weeping · dirge
burlap
Coarse woven fiber
gunny · haircloth · weave · flax · hemp · fiber · woven · unbleached · undyed · homespun
Jonah
Bringer of misfortune
Esther · lamentation · prophet · Old Testament · Hebrew Bible · Ash Wednesday · fasting · Israelites · King David · Mordecai
itchy
Provoking scratching urges
chafing · uncomfortable · irritating · prickly · harsh · stiff · coarse · grating · unpleasant
repentance
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
fasting · self-mortification · humility · remorse · confession · absolution · expiation · self-denial · mortification · guilt
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
ashes · loss · wailing · funeral rites · torn clothes · sitting shiva · mourning dress · weeping · dirge · keening
- Biblical Attirerobe, robes, tunic, tunics, cloak
- fabricscotton, silk, linen, wool, satin
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- roughrough, coarse, gritty, grainy, bumpy
- asceticismabstinence, celibacy, ascetic, austerities, chastity
- Biblical Ritualsburnt offerings, altar offering, drink offering, thank offering, temple worship
sackclothsilk
Fine woven insect fiber
velvet · satin · fine linen · royal robes · finery
sackclothwedding garments
Clothes for matrimony
royal robes · coronation robes · bridal attire · festive dress · Sunday best
- sackcloth and ashesTraditional mourning and penance symbols
- wearing sackcloth and ashesRitual expression of contrition
- wear sackcloth and ashesExpress penitent mourning visibly