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Lamenter

One who laments.

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Bearer 76% connected

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

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Pallbearer 76% connected

One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

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Wailer 76% connected

One who wails or laments.

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Weeper 76% connected

One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.

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Unfortunate 76% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Sorrow 74% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sorrow 74% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Griever 92% connected

One who, or that which, grieves.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mourner 92% connected

One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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