Synonyms for interjection

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-ter-jek-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈdʒɛk ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for interjection

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Définition of interjection

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French interjection (Old French interjeccion, 13c.), from Latin interiectionem (nominative interiectio) "a throwing or placing between," noun of action from past participle stem of intericere, from inter- "between" (see inter-) + -icere, comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)).

noun emphatic exclamation

Example sentences :

I brought him back as if from a fit of epilepsy by the interjection of the word, "Siren."
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various

Nothing could be liker him than the interjection, as is most meet.
Extract from : « Spare Hours » by John Brown

The interjection came as if it were the outcome of sudden passion.
Extract from : « Cutlass and Cudgel » by George Manville Fenn

"Spy or agent," said the Chamberlain, little abashed at the interjection.
Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro

Her modulation of grief, in her plaintive pronunciation of the interjection, Oh!
Extract from : « Venice Preserved » by Thomas Otway

But the letter did at last get itself written, and there was not a note of interjection in it.
Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope

She sent up an interjection on the misfortune of her not having been born a man.
Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith

The shrug of her shoulders sufficiently completed the interjection.
Extract from : « The Immortal » by Alphonse Daudet

"That is true," the Captain muttered in the style of an interjection.
Extract from : « The Border Rifles » by Gustave Aimard

This mystic particle is also equivalent to the interjection O!
Extract from : « Sagas from the Far East » by Various

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