Synonyms for alas
| Grammar : Interj |
| Spell : uh-las, uh-lahs |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈlæs, əˈlɑs |
Définition of alas
Origin :- mid-13c., from Old French ha, las (later French hélas), from ha "ah" + las "unfortunate," originally "tired, weary," from Latin lassus "weary" (see late). At first an expression of weariness rather than woe.
- interj unfortunately
- Rock, rock, went the cradle, and mother and child slept; but alas!
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- If he be proved culpable in this most melancholy business, and, alas!
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Alas, the vanity of mortal projects, even when they centre in the grave!
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He thought of his mother, indeed, when he laughed; but alas!
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Alack and alas that ever I should have been fool enough to trust him!
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Alas for my poor sword which lies at the bottom of the Garonne!
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The spot is indeed a corner of Eden—a happy valley, to be transformed, alas!
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- For this complaint there is no precise English name; but, alas!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Hardly a spot of the annexed provinces but is stamped with indelible and, alas!
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Alas, I was too ill to institute them myself while it was yet time.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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