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English Grammar

English:Interjections
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An Interjection is a word that is uttered merely to indicate some strong or sudden emotion of the mind: as, Oh! alas! ah! poh! pshaw! avaunt! aha! hurrah!

The following are the principal interjections, arranged according to the emotions which they are generally intended to indicate:--

Of joy; eigh! hey! io! yeah!

Of sorrow; oh! ah! hoo! alas! alack! lackaday! welladay! or welaway!

Of wonder; heigh! ha! strange! indeed!

Of wishing, earnestness, or vocative address; (often with a noun or pronoun in the nominative absolute;) O!

Of praise; well-done! good! bravo!

Of surprise with disapproval; whew! hoity-toity! hoida! zounds! what!

Of pain or fear; oh! ooh! ah! eh! O dear! Oh, no!

Of contempt; fudge! pugh! poh! pshaw! pish! tush! tut! humph! fine!

Of aversion; foh! faugh! fie! fy! foy!

Of expulsion; out! off! shoo! whew! begone! avaunt! aroynt!

Of calling aloud; ho! soho! what-ho! hollo! holla! hallo! halloo! hoy! ahoy! hey!

Of exultation; ah! aha! huzza! hey! heyday! hurrah!

Of laughter; ha, ha, ha; he, he, he; te-hee, te-hee.

Of salutation; welcome! hail! all-hail!

Of calling to attention; ho! lo! la! law! look! see! behold! hark!

Of calling to silence; hush! hist! whist! 'st! aw! mum! shhh! zip it!

Of dread or horror; oh! ha! hah! what!

Of languor or weariness; heigh-ho! heigh-ho-hum!

Of stopping; hold! soft! avast! whoh! halt!

Of parting; farewell! adieu! good-bye! good-day! see ya!

Of knowing or detecting; oho! ahah! ay-ay!

Of interrogating; eh? ha? hey? no?

A part of the text in this article, was taken from the public domain English grammar "The Grammar of English Grammars" by Goold Brown, 1851.

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