noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛkˈskleɪm/
/ɪkˈskleɪm/
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rhymes with -eɪm
CMU ARPABET:IH0 K S K L EY1 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To say suddenly and with strong emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
`I won!' he exclaimed
`Help!' she cried
`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Narrower terms: gee, ooh, aah
5
verb
Meaning 5
state or announce
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed
The King will proclaim an amnesty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proclaim, promulgate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declare
Narrower terms: declare, trumpet, clarion
History
Etymology
From Middle French exclamer, from Latin exclāmō, exclāmāre (“call out”), from ex- + clāmō (“to call”).
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
bërtas
— to cry out
Albanian:
thërras
— to cry out
Arabic:
صَاحَ
(ṣāḥa)
— to cry out
Arabic:
صَرَخَ
(ṣaraḵa)
— to cry out
Armenian:
բացականչել
(bacʻakančʻel)
— to cry out
Belarusian:
ускліка́ць
(usklikácʹ)
— to cry out
Belarusian:
усклі́кнуць
(usklíknucʹ)
— to cry out
Belarusian:
выгу́кваць
(vyhúkvacʹ)
— to cry out
Belarusian:
вы́гукнуць
(výhuknucʹ)
— to cry out
Bulgarian:
възклица́вам
(vǎzklicávam)
— to cry out
Bulgarian:
възкли́квам
(vǎzklíkvam)
— to cry out
Catalan:
exclamar
— to cry out
Chinese Mandarin:
感嘆 /感叹
(gǎntàn)
— to cry out
Chinese Mandarin:
呼喊
(hūhǎn)
— to cry out
Czech:
zvolat
— to cry out
Czech:
vykřikovat
— to cry out
Czech:
vykřiknout
— to cry out
Danish:
udbryde
— to cry out
Dutch:
uitroepen
— to cry out
Estonian:
hüüdma
— to cry out
Estonian:
hüüatama
— to cry out
Finnish:
huudahtaa
— to cry out
French:
exclamer
— to cry out
Georgian:
წამოძახება
(c̣amoʒaxeba)
— to cry out
German:
ausrufen
— to cry out
Greek:
αναφωνώ
(anafonó)
— to cry out
Hindi:
चिल्लाना
(cillānā)
— to cry out
Hungarian:
felkiált
— to cry out
Ingrian:
äänehtiä
— to cry out
Interlingua:
exclamar
— to cry out
Irish:
scread
— to cry out
Italian:
esclamare
— to cry out
Japanese:
叫ぶ
(sakebu)
— to cry out
Kazakh:
айқайлау
(aiqailau)
— to cry out
Khmer:
ឧទាន
(ʼutiən)
— to cry out
Korean:
외치다
(oechida)
— to cry out
Korean:
소리치다
(sorichida)
— to cry out
Kyrgyz:
кыйкырып жиберүү
(kıykırıp jiberüü)
— to cry out