Dictionary Definition
exclamation
Noun
1 an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an
exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" [syn:
exclaiming]
2 a loud complaint or protest or reproach
3 an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O
mores" [syn: ecphonesis]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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.
- 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.
Translations
A word expressing outcry
- Finnish: huudahdus
- Italian: esclamazione
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic
utterance is marked
- Italian: punto esclamativo
Extensive Definition
Exclamation may refer to:
- Exclamation mark, the punctuation mark !
- Exclamation, an emphatic sentence
- Exclamation, an emphatic interjection
- Exclamation, a statement against penal interest in criminal law
exclamation in Dutch: Exclamatie
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Parthian shot, 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, phrase, position, pronouncement, question, reflection, remark, say, saying, sentence, shout, statement, subjoinder, thought, utterance, vociferation, word, yell