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

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