'Interjection' definitions:
Definition of 'interjection'
(from WordNet)
noun
An abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: ejaculation, interjection]
noun
The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation]
Definition of 'Interjection'
From: GCIDE
- Interjection \In`ter*jec"tion\, n. [L. interjectio: cf. F. interjection. See Interject.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected. [1913 Webster]
- The interjection of laughing. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation. [1913 Webster]
- An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank it among the parts of speech. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'interjection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- answer,
- apostrophe,
- aside,
- assertion,
- attributive,
- averment,
- comment,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- crack,
- cry,
- declaration,
- dictum,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- ejaculation,
- embedment,
- encroachment,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- episode,
- exclamation,
- exclamatory noun,
- expression,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- graft,
- grafting,
- greeting,
- impaction,
- impactment,
- impingement,
- implantation,
- imposition,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- infix,
- infixion,
- influx,
- infringement,
- infusion,
- injection,
- inoculation,
- inroad,
- insert,
- insertion,
- insinuation,
- intercalation,
- interference,
- interlineation,
- interlocution,
- interloping,
- interpolation,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervention,
- introduction,
- intromission,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- irruption,
- mention,
- note,
- obiter dictum,
- observation,
- obtrusion,
- parenthesis,
- part of speech,
- Parthian shot,
- participle,
- particle,
- past participle,
- penetration,
- perfect participle,
- perfusion,
- phrase,
- position,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- pronouncement,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- say,
- saying,
- sentence,
- side remark,
- statement,
- subjoinder,
- subordinating conjunction,
- tessellation,
- thought,
- tossing-in,
- transplant,
- transplantation,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- unlawful entry,
- utterance,
- verbal adjective,
- word