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exclaiming

exclaiming adjective: uttering an exclamation. Also the present participle and gerund of exclaim.

Adjective

exclaiming (comparative more exclaiming, superlative most exclaiming)

  1. Uttering an exclamation.

Noun

exclaiming (plural exclaimings)

  1. exclamation
    • The singular half hour under the trees by the pool, spent, after the first hysteric moments were over, in vague exclaimings and questions […]1907, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Shuttle

Also used as

exclaiming is also the present participle and gerund of exclaim.

Forms of exclaiming

Adjective
comparativemore exclaiming
superlativemost exclaiming
Noun
pluralexclaimings

Words formed from exclaiming

Questions about exclaiming

What does exclaiming mean?
Exclaiming means uttering an exclamation.
What part of speech is exclaiming?
Exclaiming can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near exclaiming in the dictionary

  1. exclaimed
  2. exclaimer
  3. exclaimers
  4. exclaimest
  5. exclaimeth
  6. exclaiming
  7. exclaimingly
  8. exclaimings
  9. exclaims
  10. exclam
  11. exclamation

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