Definitions for sackcloth

sackcloth sack·cloth

Spelling: [sak-klawth, -kloth]
IPA: /ˈsækˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ/

Sackcloth is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 378 anagrams from letters in sackcloth (acchklost).

Definitions for sackcloth

noun

  1. sacking.
  2. coarse cloth worn as a sign of mourning or penitence.

Idioms

  1. in sackcloth and ashes, in a state of repentance or sorrow; contrite:

Origin of sackcloth

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at sack1, cloth

Examples for sackcloth

Then Madame Staubach had again promised that the sackcloth and ashes should be there.

A whole year of sackcloth and ashes would not be penance for such iniquity.

They bid those who repent put on sackcloth, and cover themselves with ashes.

Why do we don the sackcloth and ashes of the eternal victims?

We have doffed the cap and bells, and gone into sackcloth and ashes.

They may repair their garments with sackcloth and other remnants.

Giving a hitch to her sackcloth, she departed and banged the door.

Friars of the sack, forsooth, because they were clothed in sackcloth!

My poor boy, he who is sitting in sackcloth and ashes needs no jester.

Lament like a virgin Girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

Word Value for sackcloth
Scrable

20

Words with friends

22

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