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The Meaning of alas

  • (interj.) An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.

Synonyms

regrettably , unluckily , unfortunately

Rhymes

alsace , amass , ass , bass , basse , blass , bluegrass , bras , brass , bypass , cas , casque , cass , chasse , class , contrasts , crass , depass , eelgrass , eyeglass , fahs , fass , fiberglas , fiberglass , forecasts , gas , gass , glas , glass , gras , grass , grasse , harass , hass , hourglass , impasse , jackass , jass , klas , klass , kras , krass , kvass , lambastes , landmass , lass , last , mass , masse , middle-class , morass , nass , outclass , overpass , pass , plas , plass , plasse , plexiglas , plexiglass , ras , repass , sas , sass , sassafras , sasse , shortgrass , spyglass , strass , sunglass , surpass , tallgrass , tass , tasse , trass , trespass , umass , underpass , vanasse , vass , wrasse , yass