Alas vs Unhappy - What's the difference?
alas | unhappy |
Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
* Act 5, Scene 1
a type of
Not happy; sad.
* The Beggar's Opera
Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
Not lucky; unlucky.
Not suitable; unsuitable.
As adjectives the difference between alas and unhappy
is that alas is naked while unhappy is not happy; sad.alas
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) a las (French .Interjection
(en interjection)- Alas , Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.
Synonyms
* alackDerived terms
* alack and alasEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)Anagrams
* ----unhappy
English
Adjective
(er)- A moment of time may make us unhappy forever.