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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.