Exclaim Definition

ĭk-sklām
exclaimed, exclaims
verb
exclaimed, exclaims
To cry out; speak or say suddenly and vehemently, as in surprise, anger, etc.
Webster's New World
To express or utter (something) suddenly or vehemently.
Exclaimed her surprise.
American Heritage
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noun

(obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.

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Other Word Forms of Exclaim

Noun

Singular:
exclaim
Plural:
exclaims

Origin of Exclaim

  • French exclamer from Latin exclāmāre ex- ex- clāmāre to call kelə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French exclamer, from Latin exclāmāre (“call out”), from ex- + clāmāre (“to call”).

    From Wiktionary

Exclaim Sentence Examples

  • Looking around he would exclaim "By George!"

  • As she passed, they would stop her and exclaim "Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific!"

  • Consequently, if any single deputy believed that a measure already approved of by the rest of the house might be injurious to his constituency, he had the right to rise and exclaim nie pozwalam, " I disapprove," when the measure in question fell at once to the ground.

  • Firstly, then, it was a grace (charisma) of the spirit, yet not of the holy or pure spirit only, but of evil spirits also who on occasions had been known to take possession of the larynx of a saint and exclaim, "Jesus is Anathema."

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