as in boo
used to express sorrow or distress
alack, it's true—the only good restaurant in town is closing!
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Interjection
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So many others around the world did—and, alas, do.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026 -
The latter, alas, doesn’t seem to get talked about much anymore, perhaps all the less so in the Name, Image and Likeness era — in which players increasingly seem more to be employees than student-athletes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2026
Interjection
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In the north of the British Isles, people sometimes combined ye, a second person plural pronoun for you, along with aw, meaning all.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
16 July 2025
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And then … aw, just cue up the video player for the epic Francisco Lindor homer that won this thing!—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Alack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alack. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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