Exclamation in English dictionary

  • exclamation

    Meanings and definitions of "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.
    • A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
    • A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
    • (an) exclamation
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
    • noun
      A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!].
    • loud calling or crying out; outcry
    • word expressing outcry
    • A loud calling or crying out.
    • A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.
    • noun
      an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
    • noun
      an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores"
    • noun
      a loud complaint or protest or reproach

    Synonyms of "Exclamation" in English dictionary

    rhetorical device, utterance, complaint are the top synonyms of "Exclamation" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Exclamation

    • exclamation ( plural  exclamations)
    • exclamation (plural exclamations)
  • Exclamation

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