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Exclamation

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.

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Complaint 76% connected

Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Utterance 76% connected

The act of uttering.

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Vocalization 76% connected

The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

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Deuce 76% connected

Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Devil 76% connected

The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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Dickens 76% connected

The devil.

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Ejaculation 76% connected

The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.

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Expostulation 76% connected

The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasio…

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Interjection 76% connected

The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

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Outcry 74% connected

A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Outcry 74% connected

A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Proclaim 74% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Proclaim 74% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

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Ecphonesis 92% connected

An animated or passionate exclamation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exclaiming 92% connected

of Exclaim

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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