Definitions for: Exclamation

[n] an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores"
[n] an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
[n] a loud complaint or protest or reproach

Webster (1913) Definition: Ex`cla*ma"tion, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F.
exclamation.]
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}.

Synonyms: ecphonesis, exclaiming

See Also: complaint, deuce, devil, dickens, ejaculation, expostulation, interjection, rhetorical device, utterance, vocalization

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