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helas

helas is the obsolete form of alas.

Meaning of alas

Interjection

  1. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
    • I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead.
    Synonyms:
    alack, oh well

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Questions about helas

What is helas the obsolete form of?
Helas is the obsolete form of alas.

Words near helas in the dictionary

  1. Helaegon
  2. Helaemond
  3. helaletid
  4. helaletids
  5. Helan
  6. helas
  7. helatious
  8. Helatrobus
  9. helbeh
  10. Helberg
  11. Helbergs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: helas (page history and authors); alas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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