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Exclamation
| exclamation mark
| exclamation point
| exclamative
| exclamatory
| exclave
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Exclamation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Exclamation has 3 senses
- exclamation(n = noun.communication) exclaiming - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" is a kind of utterance, vocalization
- exclamation(n = noun.communication) Array - a loud complaint or protest or reproach; Array is a kind of complaint
- exclamation(n = noun.communication) ecphonesis - an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" is a kind of rhetorical device
has particulars: deuce, devil, dickens, ejaculation, interjection, expostulation
Derived form verb exclaim1
Derived form verb exclaim2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Exclamation, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.].
- A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. [1913 Webster]"Exclamations against abuses in the church." [1913 Webster]"Thus will I drown your exclamations." [1913 Webster]"A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion." [1913 Webster]
- A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. [1913 Webster]
- A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also
exclamation point . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Exclamation, n.
1 the act or an instance of exclaiming.
2 words exclaimed; a strong sudden cry.
1 the act or an instance of exclaiming.
2 words exclaimed; a strong sudden cry.
Idiom
exclamation mark (US point) a punctuation mark (!) indicating an exclamation.
Etymology
ME f. OF exclamation or L exclamatio (as EXCLAIM)
THESAURUS
Exclamation
Parthian shot, address, affirmation, allegation, answer, apostrophe, assertion, averment, bellow, blurt, call, comment, crack, cry, declaration, dictum, ecphonesis, ejaculation, expletive, expression, greeting, holler, interjection, mention, note, observation, outburst, outcry, phrase, position, pronouncement, question, reflection, remark, say, saying, sentence, shout, statement, subjoinder, thought, utterance, vociferation, word, yellROGET THESAURUS
Exclamation
Voice
N voice, vocality, organ, lungs, bellows, good voice, fine voice, powerful voice, musical voice, intonation, tone of voice, vocalization, cry, strain, utterance, prolation, exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis, enunciation, articulation, articulate sound, distinctness, clearness, of articulation, stage whisper, delivery, accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent, pronunciation, homonym, orthoepy, cacoepy, euphony, gastriloquism, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, polyphonism, polyphonist, phonology, vocal, phonetic, oral, ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous, euphonious, how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman, the organ of the soul, thy voice is a celestial melody.
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