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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!

    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!

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

    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!

    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!

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

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

    Of stopping; hold! soft! avast! whoh!

    Of parting; farewell! adieu! good-by! good-day!

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

    Of interrogating; eh? ha? hey?


    A part of the text in this article, was taken from the public domain English grammar "The Grammar of English Grammars" (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/11615) by Goold Brown, 1851.

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