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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?
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