Answer to "Cry of dismay" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALAS , but the solution may also be ACK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).

Cry of dismay crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ALAS	35 %	4
OHNO	28 %	4
ACK	7 %	3
YIPES	7 %	5
OHDEAR	5 %	6
YIPE	5 %	4
OYVEY	3 %	5
HORRORS	2 %	7
OOPS	2 %	4
EGAD	1 %	4
OUCH	1 %	4
OHGOSH	1 %	6
ALACK	1 %	5
OHLORD	1 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cry of dismay

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• exclamation
• outcry
• protest
• vociferously
• blatant
• agitation
• commotion
• loud
• incendiary
• instigation
• provocation
• rioting

Crossword Answer definitions

ALAS interjection

1. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.

ALAS noun

1. A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result ALAS

• "Ah me!"
• "Ah, me!"
• "Bummer, man!"
• "More's the pity"
• "Poor me!"
• "What a pity"
• "Woe is me!"
• "__, poor Yorick!"
• "__, poor Yorick!": Shak.
• Cry of dismay

More clues leading to the result OHNO

• "This can't be!"
• Follows an accident
• Words of dismay
• "Sakes alive!"
• "Say it ain't so!"
• Rats!
• "Heavens to Betsy!"
• "Dammit all!"
• Speed skating gold medalist
• "Can't be..."

More clues leading to the result ACK

• WWII fire, when doubled
• "Dammit!"
• "I hate it!"
• "I've had it up to here!"
• "This is all too much!"
• "Why is this happening to me?!"
• Exasperated cry
• Frustrated outburst
• Relative of "Oh, no!"
• [gross!]

More clues leading to the result YIPES

• Cry of dismay
• "Eeech!"
• "Ye gods!"
• "Eek!"
• Alarmed exclamation
• "Holy smoke!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Uh-oh!"
• "Uh-oh"
• Suddenly shocked sound

More clues leading to the result OHDEAR

• "My goodness!"
• "Here we go again"
• "Mercy me!"
• Phrase of distress
• "How awful!"
• "Oops!"
• Worrywart's exclamation
• "This isn't good!"
• "Goodness gracious!"
• "How worrisome!"

More clues leading to the result YIPE

• Cry out sharply
• Word of surprise
• [gulp!]
• [gulp]
• Cry of alarm
• "Holy cow!"
• Pained cry
• Horrified cry
• "Eek!"
• Cry of dismay

More clues leading to the result OYVEY

• Kvetch's cry
• Kvetching phrase
• Words of woe
• Yiddish wail
• Words of dismay
• Yiddish "Yipes!"
• Kvetch's phrase
• Yiddish yelp
• "Oh, no!"
• Dismayed cry

More clues leading to the result HORRORS

• "Gadzooks!"
• "Oh, no!"
• Exaggerated "How awful!"
• "I'm shocked!"
• "Little Shop of __"
• "How absolutely awful!"
• "This is terrible!"
• "How awful!"
• Cry of dismay
• Exclamation of dismay.

More clues leading to the result OOPS

• Klutzy comment
• "Clumsy me!"
• Butterfingers's word
• "Crash!" accompaniment, often
• "I was wrong"
• "Sorry about that!"
• It often follows "Crash!"
• Oaf's cry
• Slipup followup, perhaps
• "My bad!"

More clues leading to the result EGAD

• "Great Caesar's ghost!"
• "Heavens to Betsy!"
• "Omigod!"
• "Omigosh!"
• "Yikes!"
• "Zounds!" kin
• Goodness gracious!
• Holy cow, relative
• Mild epithet
• Mild exclamation

More clues leading to the result OUCH

• Toe-stubber's word
• Needle reaction
• "That's gonna leave a mark ..."
• "That stings!"
• "That hurts!"
• "That's gonna leave a mark"
• Response to a painful pun, say
• "That smarts!"
• "That was painful"
• Smart remark?

More clues leading to the result OHGOSH

• "Holy cow!"
• "Jumping jiminy"
• "Well, gee"
• Cry of quaint surprise
• "Dear me!"
• Cry of dismay
• "Goodness gracious!"
• "Good grief!"
• "Jeepers!"
• "Yikes!"

More clues leading to the result ALACK

• Word of regret
• Alas's partner
• "Woe is me!" in Elizabethan times
• Word of woe
• Word in a woeful phrase
• Sometime partner of 4-Across
• Quaint word of dismay
• "Woe is me!"
• Loss comment
• Partner of alas

More clues leading to the result OHLORD

• "Dear God!"
• "You've got to be kidding!"
• Cry of dismay