Antonyms 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

How to use alas in a sentence?

1. Paul. F. Meekin:

   Alas! I have more hair on my shoulders then on my head.

2. George Carlin, From his book - Brain Droppings:

   Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.

3. Joseph Brodsky:

   For aesthetics is the mother of ethics. Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe-not empirically, alas, but only theoretically-that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.

4. Alain:

   When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her but, alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.

5. Robert Heilbroner:

   Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis.

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