Thesaurus: interjection

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1. n. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.
2. n. A word or word/form">form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.
3. n. an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
4. n. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
5. 1. The act of word/interjecting">interjecting or word/throwing">throwing between; also, that which is interjected. The interjection of laughing. Bacon. 2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation. An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank it among the parts of speech. Earle. How now! interjections Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he! Shak.
6. A word or word/form">form of speech thrown in to express emotion orfeeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a wholegrammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as therudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rankit among the parts of speech. Earle.How now! interjections Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha,he! Shak.
7. n:100 n. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts