Exclamation

Noun

 * 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.
 * 2) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
 * 3) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.

Adjectives for Exclamation
joyous; rapturous; passionate; angry; fiery; furious; half-suppressed; faint; nervous; incoherent; mourning; audible; half-articulated; impatient; stifled; abrupt; homely; ardent; helpless; enthusiastic; sharp; frantic; indistinct; vivid; pleased; assenting; guttural; shocked.

Verbs for Exclamation
burst out in—; drown—; elicit—; emit—; heed—; mark with—; mouth—; pour forth —; pronounce—; protest with—; startle by—; suppress—; utter—; —delights; — expresses; —pains; —resounds; —surprises.

Synonyms for Exclamation
outcry, cry, call, interjection, utterance, declaration, statement, saying, speech, expletive.

Derived terms

 * exclamation mark
 * exclamation point

Related terms

 * exclaim
 * exclamatory

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: huudahdus, parahdus


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 * Malay: Jeritan


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Anagrams

 * Coatlán Mixe