Word Meanings - LACKADAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.
Related words: (words related to LACKADAY)
- 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.