Ahem: alternatives and connections

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the man…

An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

An exclamation expressing sorrow.

An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the da…

To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to a…

To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a mili…

tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.

The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently o…

To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the atte…

The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation

a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation