"___ he day!" (Shakespearean phrase) (4 letters)

{ Answer }

ALAS

{ Related Clues }

Ach!
"Ohhhh ..."
"A pity"
Wellaway!
"Ah, me!"
[Boo-hoo!]
Cry of woe
Dear me!
Exclamation of concern
Griever's exclamation
Lament for Yorick
"More's the pity!"
More's the pity!
Oh me!
Opposite of "Hurray!"
"___, poor Yorick!"
Resignation exclamation
Sad cry
"Sad to say ..."
Sorrowing sound
State: Abbr.
"'Tis a pity"
"'Tis a shame"
Too bad!
"What a pity!"
"What a shame!"
"What a shame"
Wistful word
"Woe is me!"
Woeful word
Word of distress
Word of grief
Word of regret
Word of rue
Word of woe
End of a Stein line
Gloomy Gus's expression
Last of a Stein line
Self-pitying cry
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto
To Hadrian, this was "Heu!"
"It wasn't meant to be"
As bad luck would have it

{ 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"