Word Meanings - LACKADAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.

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• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• REGRETFUL
  Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.
• SORROWLESS
  Free from sorrow.
• SURPRISE
  1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion
• ALACKADAY
  An exclamation expressing sorrow. Note: Shakespeare has "alack the day" and "alack the heavy day." Compare "woe worth the day."
• REGRET
  1. Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some
• EXPRESSIONAL
  Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin.
• EXPRESSIONLESS
  Destitute of expression.
• SORROWFUL
  1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." Chaucer. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matt. xxvi. 38. 2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous;
• SURPRISEMENT
  Surprisal. Daniel.
• EXPRESSION
  The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright." Milton. (more info) 1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by
• DISSATISFACTION
  The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness
• ALACK
  An exclamation expressive of sorrow. Shak.
• SURPRISER
  One who surprises.
• OVERSORROW
  To grieve or afflict to excess. Milton.
• SEEK-SORROW
  One who contrives to give himself vexation. Sir P. Sidney.
• MISEXPRESSION
  Wrong expression.
• UNSORROWED
  Not sorrowed for; unlamented. Beau. & Fl.