alas

alas inter

OFr ah! + las, wretched, weary.

  1. Woe!; ah!; ay me! [expression of concern, unhappiness, grief, heartache, misery, pain, loss.]

alas n

see alas, inter.

  1. Exclamation; cry of pain, loss, sorrow.
  2. Desolation; bleakness; sorrow; affliction; hardship.