"'Tis a pity" (4 letters)

{ Answer }

ALAS

{ Related Clues }

Lackaday!
Lamentation
[sigh]
"Unfortunately ..."
"Unfortunately..."
"Ah, me!"
Cry of despair
Dear me!
Dignified "shucks!"
Melodramatic cry
"Oh dear!"
"Oh, woe!"
"___! poor Yorick"
"Sad to say ..."
Sorrowful expression
"Woe is me!"
Word of regret
Word of sorrow
Word of woe
"___ the day!" (Shakespearean interjection)
"Poor pitiful me!"
Word bespeaking woe
Word said with a tear
"It wasn't meant to be"

{ Tags }

ah, alas, bad, cry, dear, exclamation, expression, me, oh, pity, poor, regret, sad, sigh, stein, too, wellaway, woe, woeful, word, yorick

{ Notes }

The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 27.7 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ALA as a noun:

1. a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"

2. a wing of an insect

ALAS as an adverb:

1. (unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas) = by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"