Synonyms for alas
əˈlæs, əˈlɑsalas

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1. alasinterjection

   Synonyms:
   alack

2. alasinterjection

   Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.

   Synonyms:
   alack

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1. unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alasadverb

   by bad luck

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

   Synonyms:
   regrettably, unluckily, unfortunately

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1. alasinterj.

   Synonyms:
   alack, lackaday

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1. List of paraphrases for "alas":

   unfortunately, sadly, regrettably, alack, regretfully

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1. 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.

2. Goethe:

   We cannot too soon convince ourselves how easily we may be dispensed with in the world. What important personages we imagine ourselves to be! We think that we alone are the life of the circle in which we move; in our absence, we fancy that life, existence, breath will come to a general pause, and, alas, the gap which we leave is scarcely perceptible, so quickly is it filled again; nay, it is often the place, if not of something better, at least for something more agreeable.

3. Victor Hugo, Les Miserables:

   Woe, alas, to those who have loved only bodies, forms, appearances! Death will rob them of everything. Try to love souls, you will find them again.”

4. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Alas ! the contrast between us, and what We can create; That man should be so little in himself, His works so great.

5. Miguel de Cervantes:

   Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.