exclaim
1. utter aloud;
often with surprise, horror, or joy (Freq. 8)
- 'I won!' he exclaimed
- 'Help!' she cried
- 'I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost
• Syn:
cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout
• Derivationally related forms:
shout (for: shout), exclamatory, exclamation, exclaiming
• Hypernyms:
express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
• Hyponyms:
gee, ooh, aah
• Verb Group:
call out, shout, shout out, cry, call,
yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They exclaim that there was a traffic accident
2. state or announce (Freq. 5)
- 'I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed
- The King will proclaim an amnesty
• Syn:
proclaim, promulgate
• Derivationally related forms:
promulgation (for: promulgate), exclamatory, exclamation, proclamation (for: proclaim)
• Hypernyms:
declare
• Hyponyms:
declare, trumpet, clarion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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