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ALAS

321 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-07-15"What a pity!"
2026-06-16"___, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio"
2026-05-12Lead-in to "poor Yorick!"
2026-05-03Cry often accompanied by a sigh
2026-03-01"Sorry to say …"
2026-02-08"Oh, cruel fate!"
2025-12-17"That's a real shame"
2025-11-26[Sigh]
2025-09-12"Sad to say …"
2025-09-04"___, that love, so gentle in his view, / Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!": "Romeo and Juliet"
2025-08-30"I'm afraid ..."
2025-07-22"Ah, such is life!"
2025-05-18"Sadly …"
2024-11-24"Woe is me!"
2024-09-30"Sadly …"
2024-09-21"Stuff happens"
2024-09-01"It's too bad, but …"
2024-06-09Lead-in to bad news
2024-06-06"Too bad!"
2024-05-20"What a pity"
2024-05-04Lead-in to bad news
2024-04-15Word expressing woe
2024-03-20Sighed aside
2024-03-18"Unfortunately …"
2023-12-24"Regrettably …"
2023-11-12"Sorry to say …"
2023-09-17Word of woe
2023-08-23"Ah, so it goes"
2023-06-05Lead-in to disappointing news
2023-05-29"___, poor Yorick!": Shak.
2023-04-09"What a pity!"
2023-01-14Word of woe
2022-12-09"Sad to say"
2022-09-26"Too bad, so sad!"
2022-09-15[Sigh]
2022-09-04*Portrayer of Scrooge in 1951's "A Christmas Carol"
2022-08-28"So it goes"
2022-08-27"___ the day!" (exclamation from "Twelfth Night")
2022-07-13"Ah, me!"
2022-06-05[sigh]
2022-02-18Lead-in to some regrets
2022-02-11Word of regret
2022-02-08[sigh]
2022-01-22Regrettably
2022-01-13[Sigh]
2021-12-24"___ poor Romeo!": Shak.
2021-12-20Cry of pity
2021-10-20"So it goes"
2021-08-01Exclamation after a sigh
2021-06-22"So sad"
2021-03-15"Sadly ..."
2021-03-06"That's the way the cookie crumbles"
2021-02-09Expression of grief
2020-11-22"C'est la vie"
2020-11-05"That's life, I guess"
2020-09-13"Such a pity!"
2020-09-06"How sad!"
2020-08-03"What a shame!"
2020-07-06"It's a shame ..."
2020-06-12Word before some sad words
2020-05-14"Such a shame"
2020-05-12"What a pity"
2020-04-19"Such is life!"
2019-12-08"Say it ain't so!"
2019-12-05"Oh, were it not so"
2019-11-28"We gave it a shot"
2019-11-09"Such is my fate!"
2019-11-08Piteous sigh
2019-10-31[Sigh]
2019-09-21"I'm afraid ..."
2019-06-15"A pity"
2019-05-31"I wish it weren't so!"
2019-05-27"What a pity ..."
2019-03-31"Sad to say ..."
2019-03-14"___! 'tis true I have gone here and there" (start of a Shakespeare sonnet)
2019-02-22Interjection of dejection
2018-12-07"Ah well, we tried"
2018-12-06"So it goes"
2018-12-01Lead-in to unfortunate news
2018-11-07"Such a shame!"
2018-09-27"'Tis sad"
2018-09-20"___, 'tis true ..." (start of a Shakespearean sonnet)
2018-08-19Lead-in to bad news
2018-03-15"Regrettably ..."
2018-02-14"We need a government, ___, because of the nature of humans": P. J. O'Rourke
2018-01-03"Sad to say ..."
2017-10-13"Such a pity"
2017-10-02"Sad to say ..."
2017-09-14Interjection derived from the Latin for "weary"
2017-09-01Word of resignation
2017-08-02"Regrettably ..."
2017-07-31"Woe is me!"
2017-07-09"C'est la vie!"
2017-07-05"Sad is my lot!"
2017-06-12Word of woe
2017-05-28"Such is life"
2016-10-23Sighed line
2016-10-11"Woe is me"
2016-10-08"Sob"
2016-08-24[sigh]
2016-07-30Start of a Hamlet monologue
2016-03-10"Ah, well"
2016-02-28"___ the day!" (cry repeated in Shakespeare)
2016-02-18"I wish it weren't so"
2016-01-29Interjection of dejection
2016-01-17"If only ..."
2015-12-20"Unfortunately ..."
2015-10-03Bad-news lead-in
2015-08-16"That's the way the cookie crumbles"
2015-06-08"Oh, were it not so!"
2015-06-03"Sad to say ..."
2015-05-04"Sad to say ..."
2015-04-23"Sorry to say ..."
2015-03-22"It's sad but true ..."
2015-03-09"Ah, so sad"
2014-12-03"I wish it weren't so"
2014-11-23"It's a pity"
2014-04-13"Sad to say ..."
2013-12-08Wistful remark
2013-11-03Word of woe
2013-10-13[sigh]
2013-09-14Resignation exclamation
2013-07-26"It wasn't meant to be"
2013-06-20Melodramatic cry
2013-05-10"Unfortunately ..."
2013-02-17Word from Hamlet while holding a skull
2012-12-12Pitiful interjection
2012-10-21Sighed line?
2012-10-02Dramatic cry
2012-10-01"'Tis a pity"
2012-06-06"Ah, 'twas not to be"
2012-05-24"___, I am dying beyond my means": Oscar Wilde
2012-03-29"Woe is me!"
2012-03-16Interjection that comes from the Latin for "weary"
2012-03-06"Regrettably ..."
2011-12-31"Oh, cruel world ..."
2011-12-09Sighed word
2011-11-15"Sadly ..."
2011-10-20"___, 'tis true I have gone here and there": Shak.
2011-10-17"Regrettably ..."
2011-10-11"Woe is me!"
2011-10-08Opposite of "Happily ..."
2011-06-23"Ah, well ..."
2011-06-08"Sadly ..."
2011-04-16Statement of resignation
2011-02-18Statement of resignation
2010-08-13Preceder of a bit of bad news
2010-06-03"Regrettably ..."
2010-05-23Word said with a tear, maybe
2010-04-25"A pity"
2010-03-27Cry after failing
2010-02-23"Lackaday!"
2009-08-21As bad luck would have it
2009-07-22"'Tis a pity"
2009-06-10Melodramatic cry
2009-05-19"Sad to say ..."
2009-04-24"Regrettably ..."
2009-04-08"A pity"
2009-04-01"Such a pity"
2009-02-12"___ the day!" (Shakespearean exclamation)
2009-02-10"'Tis a pity"
2009-01-20"Oh, woe!"
2008-12-22"Oh, woe!"
2008-12-11Comment about a loss
2008-12-07"___, how love can trifle with itself!": Shak.
2008-10-15[sigh]
2008-07-21"Darn," more formally
2008-05-08"Sad to say ..."
2008-04-10"___ the day!" (Shakespearean interjection)
2008-02-25"Ah, me!"
2008-02-06Word of woe
2008-01-22"That's a shame"
2007-12-17"Sad to say ..."
2007-12-16"Too bad"
2007-12-03Self-pitying cry
2007-10-22"Unfortunately ..."
2007-08-13"Woe is me!"
2007-06-06"Too bad!"
2007-05-21"___, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio"
2007-04-04[sigh]
2007-01-08"Oh, woe!"
2006-11-18Expression of unhappiness
2006-09-17"Too bad"
2006-07-23[sigh]
2006-05-02Word of woe
2006-05-01"'Tis a shame"
2006-01-22"___ the heavy day!": "Othello"
2006-01-05"How sad!"
2005-11-07"Too bad!"
2005-08-28"What a pity!"
2005-08-08"Too bad!"
2005-07-05Resigned remark
2005-05-11[Sigh]
2005-03-23Sighed cry
2005-01-18"Woe is me!"
2004-11-09"Sad to say ..."
2004-10-12[sigh]
2004-09-24Sad statement
2004-07-16Dejection interjection
2004-06-13Poetic plaint
2004-06-10"___, how love can trifle with itself!": Shak.
2004-04-02Regrettably
2004-02-12"Ohhhh ..."
2004-02-02"What a shame!"
2004-01-05"Oh, woe!"
2003-12-19Regrettably
2003-10-13[sigh]
2003-10-01"'Tis a pity"
2003-09-11"C'est la vie"
2003-09-09"Unfortunately ..."
2003-05-29Comment on a loss
2003-03-20"Too bad!"
2003-02-20Regrettably
2003-02-10Word of woe
2003-01-05"Sad to say ..."
2002-12-10Word for Yorick
2002-12-08Opposite of "Hurray!"
2002-11-17Pitying cry
2002-10-29Resigned remark
2002-10-24"Too bad"
2002-10-13"Sorry to say ..."
2002-09-29Wistful word
2002-09-24"Ah, me!"
2002-08-27"Woe is me!"
2002-07-20Melodramatic cry
2002-06-12Sorry to say
2002-05-28"Ah, me!"
2002-05-11"Ohhh"
2002-04-28"Dear me!"
2002-03-26"Oh dear!"
2002-03-21"What a pity!"
2002-01-24Cry after failing
2001-11-19"What a pity!"
2001-11-04"Oh, my!"
2001-10-29It's said with a sigh
2001-10-12"Oh, my!"
2001-06-05"What a pity!"
2001-02-26"If only things had turned out different!"
2000-12-31"Ah, me!"
2000-12-12"Woe is me!"
2000-11-30"Ah, those were the days"
2000-07-12Word for Yorick
2000-07-04"Woe is me!"
2000-06-12"What a shame"
2000-02-22Word for Yorick
2000-01-31[Sigh]
2000-01-19"Ah, me!"
1999-11-17Relative of 55-Across
1999-11-14[Boo-hoo!]
1999-11-09"Poor me!"
1999-11-04"Poor me!"
1999-10-07"'Tis a pity"
1999-09-28"Unfortunately..."
1999-09-26Word of regret
1999-07-28"How awful!"
1999-05-17Dramatic wail
1999-04-29"Oh dear!"
1999-03-10"What a shame!"
1999-03-03Woeful word
1999-01-01"Wellaway!" updated
1998-11-10"Ah, me!"
1998-09-28"Oh, woe!"
1998-08-17Word of regret
1998-06-10"Oh, were it not true!"
1998-01-29Word said with a tear
1998-01-14Wistful word
1997-12-10Cry for what might have been
1997-10-23Wistful word
1997-09-15"Woe is me!"
1997-09-09Word of resignation
1997-08-04Woeful word
1997-07-08"Woe is me!"
1997-07-04Word after a loss
1997-06-01Word repeated in "Elegy in a Country Churchyard"
1997-05-07"Oh, woe!"
1997-04-08Griever's exclamation
1997-03-10"Too bad!"
1997-02-27Start of Hamlet's "Yorick" speech
1997-02-23"___, 'tis true I have gone here and there": Shak.
1997-02-10"Woe is me!"
1997-02-08"I am miserable"
1997-01-30Word for poor Yorick
1996-12-02Despondent comment
1996-11-04"Oh, woe!"
1996-10-23Cry for "poor Yorick"
1996-10-13"A pity!"
1996-09-20Woeful word
1996-09-17Alack's partner
1996-08-11"___ for Man, so stealthily betrayed": Millay
1996-07-14"___the day!" (Shakespearean phrase)
1996-06-09Lament for Yorick
1996-06-05"Wellaway!"
1996-06-03"'Tis a pity!"
1996-05-21Woeful cry
1996-04-07Word of regret
1996-03-31"Oh, woe!"
1996-03-10Gloomy Gus's expression
1996-02-21"'Tis a pity"
1996-02-18"Bummer!"
1995-10-15Relative of "oy"
1995-09-12"How sad!"
1995-09-04"What a shame!"
1995-08-10Word of lament
1995-05-20"Poor me!"
1995-03-12"Woe is me!"
1995-03-04"_____, poor Milan!": Prospero
1995-02-27"Oh, woe!"
1995-02-26"_____, my Love! ye do me wrong"
1995-01-11"Welladay"
1994-12-12"Oh, woe!"
1994-11-10Word of woe
1994-11-09Theatrical lament
1994-10-25Voiced sigh
1994-09-01"Poor pitiful me!"
1994-08-21Sadly
1994-07-25"Woe is me!"
1994-06-23Melodramatic cry
1994-05-31"What a pity!"
1994-01-23Word of woe
1994-01-03"Too bad!"
1993-12-12Sighing word