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Antonyms for alas
əˈlæs, əˈlɑsalas

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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. alasinterjection

    Synonyms:
    alack

  2. alasinterjection

    Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.

    Synonyms:
    alack

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alasadverb

    by bad luck

    "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"

    Synonyms:
    regrettably, unluckily, unfortunately

How to use alas in a sentence?

  1. Thomas Doherty:

    I don't think the funeral will be the last great global event of the television era, but, alas, the great global TV events of the future will probably be disasters : an assassination, a terrorist attack, a deliberate or accidental nuclear event, a huge natural disaster, a pandemic, a coup in a major North American democracy — something everyone will have to watch.

  2. Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

    The works of women are symbolical. We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight, producing what? A pair of slippers, sir, to put on when you're weary -- or a stool. To stumble over and vex you... curse that stool! Or else at best, a cushion, where you lean and sleep, and dream of something we are not, but would be for your sake. Alas, alas! This hurts most, this... that, after all, we are paid the worth of our work, perhaps.

  3. Engadget Engadget reviewer Chris Velazco:

    And a damn good phone. Alas, I am too used to no home button for it to be really appealing to me, but this is going to be a great phone for millions of people. And talk about timing on the value side of things $ 399 for an iPhone with Apples latest power plant on board is huge.

  4. Alain:

    When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her but, alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.

  5. Herodotus:

    One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exults in his friend?s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

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