exclamation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=cla=ma=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

exclamation, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Exclamations against abuses in the church."  [1913 Webster]

  "Thus will I drown your exclamations."  [1913 Webster]

  "A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion."  [1913 Webster]
•  A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.  [1913 Webster]
•  A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

exclamation, n.
1 the act or an instance of exclaiming.
2 words exclaimed; a strong sudden cry.

Idiom

exclamation mark (US point) a punctuation mark (!) indicating an exclamation.

Etymology

ME f. OF exclamation or L exclamatio (as EXCLAIM)

THESAURUS

exclamation

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

ROGET THESAURUS

exclamation

Voice

N voice, vocality, organ, lungs, bellows, good voice, fine voice, powerful voice, musical voice, intonation, tone of voice, vocalization, cry, strain, utterance, prolation, exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis, enunciation, articulation, articulate sound, distinctness, clearness, of articulation, stage whisper, delivery, accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent, pronunciation, homonym, orthoepy, cacoepy, euphony, gastriloquism, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, polyphonism, polyphonist, phonology, vocal, phonetic, oral, ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous, euphonious, how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman, the organ of the soul, thy voice is a celestial melody.