as in boo
used to express sorrow or distress
Juliet's pitiful lament, "alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!"
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Recent Examples of alas
What remains — what seems, alas, less obsolete — is the hate.
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Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
The lower, historic floors of the hotel house elegant rooms (with limited views and non-opening windows, alas), an Jiva Spa, and a fitness center with an indoor lap pool (the hotel’s sole pool).
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
That fad, alas, had run its course, and the Bicentennial Pet Rock flopped.
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ABC News,
13 June 2026
But alas, despite Woods' best efforts to curb the guideline by creating an orange heel that cleverly incorporated the bag into the design (called the Stunt Sandal in Limited Edition Summer Citrus), the Knicks fell 115-111 to the Spurs.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
The lower, historic floors of the hotel house elegant rooms (with limited views and non-opening windows, alas), an Jiva Spa, and a fitness center with an indoor lap pool (the hotel’s sole pool).
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
That fad, alas, had run its course, and the Bicentennial Pet Rock flopped.
—
ABC News,
13 June 2026
But alas, despite Woods' best efforts to curb the guideline by creating an orange heel that cleverly incorporated the bag into the design (called the Stunt Sandal in Limited Edition Summer Citrus), the Knicks fell 115-111 to the Spurs.
—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alas
aw
Interjection
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The girls, who have been aw-ing at Aniya’s love story with Carl, tell the boys to sit down.
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In the north of the British Isles, people sometimes combined ye, a second person plural pronoun for you, along with aw, meaning all.
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“Alas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alas. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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