Synonyms:
exclamation, exclaiming
Meaning: an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
Usage examples
I was unkind to mamma," he began exclaiming suddenly.
Tell them to dance, to make merry, 'let the stove and cottage dance'; as we had it last time," she kept exclaiming.
After which, I was not surprised to see the children skipping backwards after her, exclaiming "Oh, mother, it is such a lovely day for a walk!"
Some of the party beat the corpse, or what was left of it, about the head, exclaiming, "Give us rain!" while others poured water on it through a sieve.
They cursed me, and one of them, exclaiming, 'Don't flatter yourself that we depend on you for our safety;' took any place as pilot, and bore away from Naxos.
I have frequently, with indignation, heard gentlemen declare that they would never allow a servant to answer them; and ladies of the most exquisite sensibility, who were continually exclaiming against the cruelty of the vulgar to the brute creation, have in my presence forgot that their attendants had human feelings as well as forms.