EXCLAIM

[verb] - to say or shout something suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc."You can't leave so soon!" she exclaimed. [+ speech]"Bah!" he exclaimed in disgust. [+ speech]She exclaimed in delight upon hearing the news. [I] [exclamation] [noun] [C]"Ouch!", "Not now!", "Yes!" and "No!" are all exclamations.They embraced with exclamations (= saying words to each other) of happiness.An exclamation mark (US exclamation point) is the mark '!', used in writing immediately after an exclamation.See study section: Exclamation mark