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exclamation
[ ek-skluh-mey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of exclaiming; outcry; loud complaint or protest:
The speech was continually interrupted by rude exclamations.
Synonyms: , ,
- an interjection.
- Rhetoric. ecphonesis.
exclamation
/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /
noun
- an abrupt, emphatic, or excited cry or utterance; interjection; ejaculation
- the act of exclaiming
Derived Forms
- ˌ泦ˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- c·tDz· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of exclamation1
Example Sentences
The tragicomic hallucination that you see unfolding every day, wherein ostensible adults discuss secret war plans in hackable social media texts replete with emojis, exclamation points and lols, is what the American people freely chose.
Maybe it’s the way they suck at their teeth after eating microwaved fish at their desk, or just the emails that have too few exclamation points or a few too many.
Alamak, a colloquial exclamation used to convey surprise or outrage in Singapore and Malaysia, also made the list.
It put an exclamation point on that string of failure last year by matching a league record with 25 losses and breaking the MLS record for goals allowed with 78.
Marshall’s exclamation, “I have found it,” was translated into the state motto, in Greek — “eureka.”
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