About The Word Exclamation
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Exclamation
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What's The Definition Of Exclamation?
[n] an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores"
[n] an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" [n] a loud complaint or protest or reproach Synonyms | Synonyms for Exclamation: ecphonesis | exclaiming Related Terms | Find terms related to Exclamation: 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 See Also | complaint | deuce | devil | dickens | ejaculation | expostulation | interjection | rhetorical device | utterance | vocalization Exclamation In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Exclamations against abuses in the church. --Hooker.
Thus will I drown your exclamations. --Shak.
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}.
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