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noun

Exclamation 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. "Exclamations against abuses in the church." "Thus will I drown your exclamations." "A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion."

(Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

(Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus (!); called also exclamation point.

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Etymology of 'Exclamation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Exclamation" Quotes from Famous Books

... means of resistance, while Edward directed his whole force against it. The castle of Brechin, under the gallant Sir Thomas Maule, made an obstinate resistance. He was mortally wounded and died in an exclamation of rage against the soldiers, who asked if they might not then surrender the castle. Edward wintered at Dunfermline, and began the next campaign with the siege of Stirling, the only fortress in the kingdom that still held out. But the courage of the guardians altogether ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume VI. • Various

... fell from Mr. Gryce's lips, the District Attorney muttered a quick exclamation, and sat down heavily in ...

— The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow • Anna Katharine Green

... was close to the window, which was gently raised, but at that instant something struck him on the back, he uttered a half- suppressed exclamation, and nearly loosed ...

— Frank Oldfield - Lost and Found • T.P. Wilson

... hour of my life, that hour that I sat looking over at the water of the pretty placid lake. I don't like to recall it. Some one passed by me, gave an exclamation of surprise, and came back hastily. It was Richard. He seemed so glad, and so relieved to see me—and to me it was like Heaven opening; notwithstanding my vindictive thoughts about him, I could have sprung into his arms; I felt protected, safe, ...

— Richard Vandermarck • Miriam Coles Harris

... the gods!' he interrupted, in a storm of passionate exclamation. 'What have they ever done for us, that we should worship or pray to them? Why look to them for blessings in a future state, when they have done us such evil in the present life? Here we were poor and lowly together; and have they not dragged us apart? And will ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

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