exclaim
verb/ɪkˈskleɪm/
/ɪkˈskleɪm/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exclaim | /ɪkˈskleɪm/ /ɪkˈskleɪm/ |
| he / she / it exclaims | /ɪkˈskleɪmz/ /ɪkˈskleɪmz/ |
| past simple exclaimed | /ɪkˈskleɪmd/ /ɪkˈskleɪmd/ |
| past participle exclaimed | /ɪkˈskleɪmd/ /ɪkˈskleɪmd/ |
| -ing form exclaiming | /ɪkˈskleɪmɪŋ/ /ɪkˈskleɪmɪŋ/ |
- to say something suddenly and loudly, especially because of strong emotion or pain
- She opened her eyes and exclaimed in delight at the scene.
- + speech ‘It isn't fair!’, he exclaimed angrily.
- exclaim that… She exclaimed that it was useless.
Synonyms callcallcry out ▪ exclaim ▪ blurt ▪ burst outThese words all mean to shout or say something loudly or suddenly.call to shout or say something loudly to attract somebody’s attention:- I thought I heard someone calling.
- She cried out for help.
- I cried out his name.
- ‘It isn’t fair!’ he exclaimed angrily.
- I blurted out the answer without thinking.
- ‘He’s a bully!’ the little boy burst out.
- to call/cry out/exclaim/blurt out (something) to somebody
- to call/cry out for something
- to cry out/exclaim in/with something
- to call/cry out/exclaim/blurt out/burst out suddenly
- to call/cry out/exclaim/burst out loudly
Extra Examples- They all exclaimed over her beautiful clothes.
- ‘You can't do that!’ she exclaimed in horror.
- The visitors were led through the gardens, all of them exclaiming with delight.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- softly
- angrily
- …
- at
- over
- in
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French exclamer or Latin exclamare, from ex- ‘out’ + clamare ‘to shout’.Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
exclaim