Exclaim
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Exclamation; outcry, clamor. obsolete
"Foul devil, for God’s sake, hence, and trouble us not; For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell, Fill’d it with cursing cries and deep exclaims."
- 1 To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion. intransitive
"I am a soldier, and unapt to weep, Or to exclaim on fortune’s fickleness."
- 2 utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy wordnet
- 3 To say suddenly and with strong emotion. transitive
"Must she be forc’d, t’exclaime th’iniurious wrong? Offred by him, whom she hath lou’d so long? Nay, I will tell, and I durst almost sweare, Edward will blush, when he his fault shall heare."
- 4 state or announce wordnet
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More examples"Whenever Tom did poorly, his father would exclaim that it was an embarrassment to the family."
Etymology
From Middle French exclamer, from Latin exclāmō, exclāmāre (“call out”), from ex- + clāmō (“to call”).
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