(n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
(n.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
(n.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is early days, and what is to say the people of Gateshead or Cardiff will be quite so forthcoming with the exclamations of "cool", "awesome" and "neat" as the audience in Oxford.
(2) Boom!” tweeted Morgan, utilising a local exclamation.
(3) The distinguishing criteria are: lack of pigment in infected red blood cells; no circulating schizonts or gametocytes; "atypical" malarialike organisms; tetrad groups, rods, or exclamation-mark forms; and persisting parasitemia after treatment for malaria.
(4) The reference to “global” tables is part of the argument that says doing exclamation marks better than Johnny Foreigner enables British capitalism to compete better with the Chinese.
(5) A transfer to the West End was highly successful, and Richard Attenborough directed the star-studded film version of 1969 (for which the title acquired an exclamation mark).
(6) After a tense first half, the second act, which includes the depiction of Klinghoffer’s murder, was quieter, with a sole exclamation of “this is shit!” by a woman in the stalls, who was hushed by the rest of the audience.
(7) After his statements drew angry exclamations and arguments from men standing nearby, Valery's wife pulled him away and they left.
(8) #voterid October 2, 2012 The exclamation point is needed, there, we'd note, because the Pennsylvania legislature this year passed a law denying voters their right to simply show up at the polls and cast their votes, secure in their own anonymity and freedom from coercion before or after their ballots were cast.
(9) There are plenty more exclamation marks where those came from.
(10) He could recognize Arabic music and instruments but not words of songs; a radio broadcast from the Koran, but not the individual words; a male as opposed to female voice; Arabic and non-Arabic languages; and whether sentences were questions, exclamations, or imperatives.
(11) The prime diagnostic feature of acute alopecia areata is the presence of exclamation mark hairs.
(12) The only exclamation the producers want from you is "Wow!"
(13) So they commissioned a logo to promote the area, hiring a designer who offered a stylised exclamation mark (their official slogan, “Kumamoto Surprise”, was a bright spin on the fact that many Japanese would be surprised to find anything in Kumamoto worth seeing).
(14) Sunday's NFL conference championships could tell us more than just who will be playing in Super Bowl XLVIII: they may provide exclamation points on that sexiest of matchups in the sport, the quarterback rivalry.
(15) It bothers me but it's hard when you're one of them people who don't know where to stop sentences or put commas or exclamation marks.
(16) 'I was a weird child' Hall speaks in elongated Memphis vowels, using exclamation marks and Big Capital Letters for emphasis, often sounding like a cartoon version of herself.
(17) Things are moving forward, largely on track.” Nevertheless, as Trump enters his second month, there will be many praying for a steadier hand and fewer tweets ending with exclamation marks.
(18) Her demeanour - wide features, plain dress, a quickness to exclamation - has long been used to diminish her authority as one of Britain's most popular crime writers.
(19) (The most grim moment being his exclamation “I’ll love you till I make it pop”.)
(20) But when I saw the advert it occurred to me that it, and that supercilious exclamation mark in particular, could in fact give people an excuse to express their homophobia.
Vociferation
Definition:
(n.) The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
Example Sentences:
(1) But now they have a bullish and vociferous spokesperson in Guatemala's president, Otto Pérez Molina.
(2) Mourinho has been vociferous in his complaints about the scheduling of key domestic fixtures around European ties this season and reiterated his dissatisfaction after Tuesday's goalless draw in Madrid, claiming to be baffled as to why the match at Anfield could not be played on Friday or Saturday to assist the last English club involved in European competition.
(3) "For us he is persona non grata," said Panos Kammenos, leader of the vociferously anti-austerity Independent Greeks party as the 300-seat house debated the job losses.
(4) The cardinal consistently condemned homosexuality during his reign, vociferously opposing gay adoption and same-sex marriage.
(5) Her husband would also have been "outrageous and vociferous" in resisting it, she said. "
(6) In the three months since the 14 December shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, the NRA has been lobbying vociferously against President Obama's attempt to tighten gun controls.
(7) The PLA would be reinforcing recent Chinese foreign ministry warnings against North Korea conducting a fourth nuclear test and “causing turmoil at China’s doorstep” – but in a way that the foreign ministry can still vociferously deny the existence of such documents.
(8) On the ground in Crimea, meanwhile, what is particularly odd is that the most vociferous defenders of Russian bases against supposed fascists appear to hold far-right views themselves.
(9) Thirdly, Pakistan at present has – thanks in part to reforms effected by the previous military dictator Musharraf – an extremely vociferous media.
(10) Tearing up US deal with Iran would be disastrous, says CIA chief Read more Trump’s transition so far has not been encouraging to Tehran: Michael Flynn, named as his national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo, his choice for the head of the CIA, have been vociferous in their opposition to Iran .
(11) So, I hope this doesn’t preside some kind of understanding about preferences in House of Representatives elections between the Coalition and the Greens.” On Tuesday Labor’s leader in the senate, Penny Wong, spoke vociferously against the changes.
(12) The sort of person who, despite having a framed Keep Calm and Carry On poster on their wall, gets vociferously morally outraged by 25 different things over the course of the average morning on Twitter, eg Daily Mail headlines, anything Jeremy Clarkson says, people who post Homeland spoilers, Parcelforce delivery slots, etc.
(13) Twenty-year-old Jasmin Stone of Focus E15, who continues to campaign vociferously on housing issues , is disillusioned by the lot.
(14) The "Holyland affair" forced Olmert to resign as prime minister in 2009, although he vociferously denied any wrongdoing.
(15) Glaring by virtue of its almost complete omission is digital piracy , a topic of vociferous debate during the debate about the digital economy bill just weeks ago – it gets just seven words, to "take further action to tackle online piracy", in Labour's manifesto.
(16) However, you want to describe it, the affair (by which I mean "matter", I've been advised by a lawyer, these words are all filtered and combed before you are allowed to see them) supposed to have caused Murdoch to give his former blood-brother the cold shoulder, hardly surprising after he got Blair elected and supported his unpopular, illegal war so vociferously.
(17) There was a much warmer welcome from John Sauven, executive director of the vociferous anti-coal campaign group Greenpeace: "In the last decade it was coal that posed the great threat to our CO 2 emissions targets.
(18) Threadneedle Street got quite sniffy when it was suggested that the FLS would be a bung to the high street banks benefiting only Britain's vociferous and overblown housing lobby?
(19) Patel, vociferous about his recent treatment by England, in particular bemoaning his exclusion from recent one-day sides, gave a hint of his much debated fitness after every dismissal.
(20) Here is the Daily Mail : "The Guardian continues to be vociferous in its demands for police to pursue tabloid journalists suspected of acting illegally.