Need another word that means the same as “alas”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “alas” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Alas” are: regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “alas” as an adverb can have the following definitions:
| regrettably | Unfortunately (used to express apology for or sadness at something. Regrettably last night s audience was a meagre one. |
| unfortunately | It is unfortunate that. Unfortunately it rained all day. |
| unluckily | By bad luck. |
| bemoan | Regret strongly. It was no use bemoaning her lot. |
| deplorable | Bad; unfortunate. Children living in deplorable conditions. |
| deplore | Regret strongly. We deplore the government s treatment of political prisoners. |
| dirge | A lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite. Singers chanted dirges. |
| distressed | Generalized feeling of distress. I was distressed at the news of his death. |
| doom | (in Christian belief) the Last Judgement. Everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it. |
| elegy | (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. |
| fail | Fail to get a passing grade. The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably. |
| grief | Something that causes great unhappiness. She was overcome with grief. |
| grieve | Cause great distress to (someone. His behavior grieves his mother. |
| jeremiad | A long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes. A jeremiad against any form of government. |
| lament | A mournful poem a lament for the dead. We lamented the death of the child. |
| lamentation | The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. Scenes of lamentation. |
| maudlin | Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental. A bout of maudlin self pity. |
| mischance | An unlucky occurrence. Innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise. |
| miserable | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A wet miserable weekend. |
| moan | A sound resembling a human moan. The foghorn moaned at intervals. |
| mourn | Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one. Publishers mourned declining sales of hardback fiction. |
| regrettably | Unfortunately (used to express apology for or sadness at something. Regrettably last night s audience was a meagre one. |
| requiem | A musical composition setting parts of a requiem Mass or of a similar character. The musical tradition of the requiem mass has inspired imitation. |
| sadly | In an unfortunate way. He was sadly neglected. |
| sadness | Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. A source of great sadness. |
| sorrow | An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. A woman had cried all night sorrowing over the death of her husband. |
| sorry | Used to express apology. I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family. |
| suffer | Undergo or suffer. His daughter suffered from agoraphobia. |
| threnody | A lament. A brooding threnody to urban desolation. |
| unfortunately | It is unfortunate that. Unfortunately it rained all day. |
| wail | Utter a wail. Wail in self pity. |
| weep | A fit or period of weeping. She rubbed the sore making it weep. |
| woe | Things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles. To add to his woes customers have been spending less. |
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