alack
exclamation,adverb
old useorhumorousuk/əˈlæk/us/əˈlæk/anexpressionofsadnessordisappointment,especiallywhen there is nohopethat asituationwillchange:
Alack, thisproposalisdoomedtofailure.
alas and alack(alsoalack and alas)
anexpressionofgreatsadnessordisappointment:
Alas and alack, he will nothelpme.
- Alack, alack!
- Alack, yes!
- It'sratherexpensive, alack.
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- mazel tov
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom
- yum yum