sackcloth and ashes

Noun

Meaning

a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cypress penitence flagellation fasting repentance penance remorse expiation mortification contrition maceration purgation shrift

Hypernyms

display

Examples

Consequently, he left in anger, rebuking the three places saying: “Woe to you, Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, for if I had done these mighty works in the sinful cities of Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes.” Source: Internet

For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sackbuttist sackcloath sackcloth sackcloth of hair sackcloth shirt sackclothed