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Synonyms for exclaim

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ik-skleym
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈskleɪm

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Définition of exclaim

Origin :
  • 1560s, back-formation from exclamation or else from Middle French exclamer (16c.), from Latin exclamare "cry out loud," from ex- intensive prefix "out" (see ex-) + clamare "cry, shout, call" (see claim (v.)). Spelling influenced by claim. Related: Exclaimed; exclaiming.
  • verb shout out
Example sentences :
  • As they grasp the hands held out to them they exclaim, "God bless you!"
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • I 'll tell you experiences of mine, and you 'll exclaim at every step, 'How could that be?'
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • As soon as you see him, you must give a shout of surprise, exclaim, 'My dear uncle!'
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Surprise made Jaffir exclaim, but he wasn't prepared to deny that.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • Overcoming a nervous contraction of the windpipe, I had managed to exclaim "Captain Falk!"
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • Before I could exclaim, he assured me that he had taken no liberty, that he had not intruded.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • That woman used to exclaim at her resemblance to Marie Antoinette.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Here they will exclaim perchance, 'What have you to do with a mythical god?'
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • The only reply I got was a touch on the calf which made me exclaim “Oh!”
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • At their conclusion he used to exclaim, "Now for an English ballad!"
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various

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