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Exclamation   /ˌɛkskləmˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Exclamation

noun
1.
An abrupt excited utterance.  Synonym: exclaiming.  "There was much exclaiming over it"
2.
A loud complaint or protest or reproach.
3.
An exclamatory rhetorical device.  Synonym: ecphonesis.



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"Exclamation" Quotes from Famous Books



... divination, I assure you, my dear Reginald. I have only used my eyes. But it seems, from your exclamation, that I am right. Miss Graham did once hope to ...
— Run to Earth - A Novel • M. E. Braddon
... exclamation on hearing that Mademoiselle de Montpensier had fired upon the king's troops, 10; quits France once more to facilitate a reconciliation with the Frondeurs, 13; received on his return by the Parisians with demonstrations of delight, 15; his triumph over the Fronde, ...
— Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Sutherland Menzies
... and his bare foot came down on a small, sharp pebble. With a brief exclamation he seized his foot in one hand and hopped up the beach. While hopping, he delivered his ultimatum. Probably the only instance on record of a father adopting this ...
— Love Among the Chickens • P. G. Wodehouse
... in through the great entrance gates of the South London Aeronautic Terminus and commenced a slow ascent along the broad asphalted road to what, a few years ago, had been esteemed a new wonder of the world. Maggie rose to her feet with a little exclamation of wonder. ...
— The Great Prince Shan • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... gleam with great anxiety, an anxiety only partly alleviated by the certainty I felt of hearing the faint, scarcely recognizable sound of his breathing. Had the storm passed over? Would no more flashes come? Ah, he is moving—that is a sigh I hear—no detective's exclamation of impatience, but a sufferer's sigh of depression or remorse. What ...
— The Millionaire Baby • Anna Katharine Green


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