ah me

interjection

An expression of lamentation; alas.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. An expression of lamentation; alas.

    Ah me, ah me! No other ghost has haunted the boy’s room, my friends, since I have occupied it, than the ghost of my own childhood, the ghost of my own innocence, the ghost of my own airy belief.

    1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
woe is me
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APA

ah me. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ah%20me

MLA

“ah me.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ah%20me. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ah me,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ah%20me.

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