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Exclamation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Exclamation : (noun)
1: an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of
delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" [syn: exclaiming]
2: a loud complaint or protest or reproach
3: an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" [syn:
ecphonesis]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Exclamation : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Exclamation |
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LisaWainaina: Things that make me feel very ill: Exclamation marks,blue pen,humanimals. Do not expose me to these things,thanks honeysmunch. |
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emercoleman: @paul_clarke wOOt? am I lame not to know what that means or is it general Exclamation! |
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brycebortree: Good morning. Exhaustion means there's no Exclamation point, but at least I'm almost done with my portfolio. |
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