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
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.