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Definition of Exclaim
1. Verb. Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy. "They exclaim that there was a traffic accident "; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
Specialized synonyms: Gee, Aah, Ooh
Related verbs: Call, Cry, Holler, Hollo, Scream, Shout, Shout Out, Squall, Yell, Call Out
Generic synonyms: Express, Give Tongue To, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Exclaiming, Exclamation, Exclamatory, Shout
2. Verb. State or announce. "They exclaim that there was a traffic accident "; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
Specialized synonyms: Declare, Trumpet, Clarion
Generic synonyms: Declare
Derivative terms: Exclamation, Exclamatory, Proclamation, Promulgation, Promulgation, Promulgation
Definition of Exclaim
1. v. t. & i. To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.
2. n. Outcry; clamor.
Definition of Exclaim
1. Verb. (intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exclaim
1. to cry out suddenly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exclaim
Literary usage of Exclaim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"marquis of Montferrat still acted as their general ; and CHAP. the Greeks, wliu
revered his name as that of their future IV sovereign, were heard to exclaim ..."
2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"That successor will devolve all the odium of the action taken upon his predecessor,
so that both will be safe; and again I shall exclaim, such is fame! ..."
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