alas
Cry of sorrow
Alas expresses sadness or regret and in that respect is true to its origins, a Latin word that means weary.
Emotional outcry word class
- outcryLoud public protest
- sighAudible emotional breath
- ohSoft exclamation of realization
- ahExclamation of realization
lackaday · heigh-ho · sadly · unfortunately · woefully · regrettably
Deep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
heartache · anguish · bereavement · melancholy · keening · dirge · threnody · requiem
Guilt for wrongdoing
- rueFeel deep remorse
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- guiltMoral self-reproach
shame · compunction · self-reproach · penitence · hindsight · mistake · apology · atonement
interjection
Emotional outcry word class
ah · lackaday · heigh-ho · sadly · unfortunately · woefully · regrettably
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
lamentation · heartache · anguish · bereavement · melancholy · keening · dirge · threnody · requiem · plaintive
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- rueFeel deep remorse
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
guilt · shame · compunction · self-reproach · penitence · hindsight · mistake · apology · atonement · confession
woe
Great sorrow or distress
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- tribulationState of great distress
adversity · calamity · misery · suffering · distress · trouble · setback · plight · doom · fate
- aviacionavion, capitan, hangar, motor, combustible
- Old-timey exclamationsgolly, gee whiz, jeepers, gadzooks, fiddlesticks
- Archaismsthee, thou, thy, thine, ye
- Olde Englishthee, thou, thy, thine, hath
- archaic exclamationsegad, egads, fie, forsooth, gadzooks
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth