Meaning of EXCLAMATION
| Pronunciation: | | `eksklu'meyshun
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | ecphonesis, exclaiming |
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| | See Also: | | complaint, deuce, devil, dickens, ejaculation, expostulation, interjection, rhetorical device, utterance, vocalization | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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