exclamation

[ek-skluh-mey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of exclaiming; outcry; loud complaint or protest.

   The speech was continually interrupted by rude exclamations.

   Synonyms: vociferation, ejaculation, cry

2. an interjection.

3. Rhetoric.,  ecphonesis.

exclamation

/ ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃən /

noun

1. an abrupt, emphatic, or excited cry or utterance; interjection; ejaculation

2. the act of exclaiming

Other Word Forms

• exclamational adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exclamation¹

1350–1400; Middle English exclamacio ( u ) n < Latin exclāmātiōn- (stem of exclāmātiō ) a calling out, equivalent to exclāmāt ( us ) (past participle of exclāmāre; exclaim ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

I guess the three exclamation points drive home the drivel.

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In the process, he put an exclamation point on one of the most improbable—and jaw-dropping—ascensions from farmhand to stardom in baseball history.

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The story began with the exclamation “Wheee!” and went on to say that “the market madness is as puzzling as it is exhilarating.”

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“I’m holding and I will buy more tomorrow! already 30k shares. LET’S GO,” one wrote, punctuating the statement with a large number of exclamation points.

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"I'm still smiling and I still love Australia," he wrote before signing off with his famed slogan "bosh" - a British slang word often used as an enthusiastic exclamation.

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