Thesaurus: exclamation

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1. n. 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. n. A word word/expressing">expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
3. n. A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
4. n. an abrupt excited utterance
5. n. a loud complaint or protest or reproach
6. n. an exclamatory rhetorical device
7. 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.
8. A word word/expressing">expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressingpassion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
9. n:100 n. an abrupt excited utterance n. a loud complaint or protest or reproach