exclaim
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
exclaim
v 1: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother
shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn:
{exclaim}, {cry}, {cry out}, {outcry}, {call out}, {shout}]
2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
"The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: {proclaim},
{exclaim}, {promulgate}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exclaim \Ex*claim"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Exclaimed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Exclaiming}.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex +
clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See {Clam}.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "exclaim":
allude to, bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, blurt,
blurt out, bolt, boom, bray, breathe, burst out, buzz, cackle,
call attention to, call out, chant, chirp, comment, coo, crow,
cry out, declare, drawl, ejaculate, flute, gasp, growl, grunt,
hiss, holler, interject, keen, let drop, let fall, lilt,
make reference to, mention, mumble, murmur, muse, mutter, note,
observe, opine, pant, pipe, proclaim, refer to, reflect, remark,
roar, rumble, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing,
snap, snarl, snort, sob, speak, squall, squawk, squeal, thunder,
trumpet, twang, utter, vociferate, wail, warble, whine, whisper,
yap, yawp, yell, yelp
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