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Webster 1913 Edition
Exclamation
Exˊcla-ma′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Exclamations
against abuses in the church. Hooker.
Thus will I drown your
exclamations
. Shakespeare
A festive
exclamation
not unsuited to the occasion. Trench.
2.
(Rhet.)
A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
3.
(Print.)
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; – called also
exclamation point
. Webster 1828 Edition
Exclamation
EXCLAMA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Vehement vociferation.Thus will I drown your exclamations.
2.
Emphatical utterance; a vehement extension or elevation of voice; ecphonesis; as, O dismal night!3.
A note by which emphatical utterance or outcry is marked: thus!4.
In grammar, a word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing some passion, as wonder, fear or grief.Definition 2024
exclamation
exclamation
English
Noun
exclamation (plural exclamations)
- 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 [!].
Synonyms
- (punctuation “!”): exclamation mark, exclamation point
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
loud calling or crying out; outcry
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word expressing outcry
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mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked
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exclamation mark — see exclamation mark
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External links
- exclamation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- exclamation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
exclamation f (plural exclamations)
- exclamation (cry of joy)