Definition of "exclamation" noun countable and uncountable , plural exclamations
A loud calling or crying out , for example as in surprise , pain , grief , joy , anger , etc . quotations examples
Quotations "And now , my dearest Lucy , collect yourself , for all depends upon our own resources ." Such were the whispered exclamations with which Francesca cheered her trembling companion , whose courage was not heightened by the darkness and stillness around them as they proceeded on their hazardous enterprise .
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 45