Exclamation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exclamation \Ex`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F.
     exclamation.]
     1. 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.
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              Exclamations against abuses in the church. --Hooker.
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              Thus will I drown your exclamations.  --Shak.
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              A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.
                                                    --Trench.
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     2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word
        expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
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     3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic
        utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also {exclamation
        point}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exclamation
       n 1: an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of
            delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" [syn: {exclaiming}]
       2: a loud complaint or protest or reproach
       3: an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" [syn:
           {ecphonesis}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, yell