utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; `I won! he exclaimed; `Help! she cried; `Im here, the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost

[ Syn: cry , cry out , outcry , call out , shout ]

state or announce; `I am not a Communist, he exclaimed; The King will proclaim an amnesty

[ Syn: proclaim , promulgate ]