Associations to the word «Alas»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ALAS, interjection. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
ALAS, noun. A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.
ALAS AND ALACK, interjection. Alternative form of alack and alas
Dictionary definition
ALAS, adverb. By bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.