An Exclamation

1. A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection
3. A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
4. The sign "!" by which outcry or emphaticutterance is marked.

Synonyms

• (punctuation “!”): exclamation mark, exclamation point