Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express sorrow, regret, or alarm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection Archaic. or Poet. An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection An expression of
sorrow ormourning .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So I would beg and plead and threaten to not bathe, but alas and alack, my family would not relent.
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Comments are bare — alas and alack — so any nuggets of wisdom from you would be verily appreciated.
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The peas are over and the broccoli went to flower while I was away (alack!) but the carrots and squash are just coming into their own, and the cucumbers are tiny and cute.
rock and roll is dead i probably shoulda stayed in school matociquala 2009
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Alas and alack, societal pressures are very strong, indeed.
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Comments are bare — alas and alack — so any nuggets of wisdom from you would be verily appreciated.
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But here, on this side of the world, alas and alack, the very name is a misnomer.
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All these self promises have faild in consequence of that perpetual round of alack, exercise,
Letter 88 2009
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Lance Mannion: Alas and alack for us, lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites that we are ...
Alas and alack for us, lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites that we are... 2008
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Alas and alack for us, lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites that we are ...
Alas and alack for us, lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites that we are... 2008
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sonofgroucho commented on the word alack
Often seen hanging around alas.
December 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word alack
Ihave alack ofspaces betweenwords.
December 13, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word alack
Alas, you do, indeed.
December 13, 2007
qms commented on the word alack
The shepherd cried out, "Alas and alack!
I'm lonely and taken aback.
I'm tending these sheep
Without a Bo Peep.
The pay is okay but a lass is a lack."
January 15, 2015