Exclamation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclamatio

Full definition of exclamation

Noun

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.
2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
3. A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus !; – also called an exclamation point.

Derived terms

• exclamation mark
• exclamation point

Related terms

• exclaim
• exclamatory

Anagrams

• Coatlán Mixe