'Exclamation' definitions:
Definition of 'exclamation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" [syn: exclamation, exclaiming]
noun
A loud complaint or protest or reproach
noun
An exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" [syn: ecphonesis, exclamation]
Definition of 'Exclamation'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Exclamations against abuses in the church. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Thus will I drown your exclamations. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also {exclamation point}. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exclamation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Parthian shot,
- phrase,
- position,
- pronouncement,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- say,
- saying,
- sentence,
- shout,
- statement,
- subjoinder,
- thought,
- utterance,
- vociferation,
- word,
- yell