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say it: uh-LAS
alas is an adverb meaning "by bad luck". It carries one recorded sense.
by bad luck
“unfortunately it rained all day”
“alas, I cannot stay”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alas come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.