Antonyms for gesticulation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : je-stik-yuh-ley-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛˌstɪk yəˈleɪ ʃən

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Definition of gesticulation

Origin : early 15c., from Latin gesticulationem (nominative gesticulatio), noun of action from past participle stem of gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture," diminutive of gestus (see gest).

noun gesture

Example sentences :

There was much gossip, some laughter, and a good deal of gesticulation.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Ella's gesticulation was eloquent of how much that had been.
Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain

His conception is just, and his gesticulation worthy of example.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 » by Various

There was evidently a good deal of excitement and gesticulation among them.
Extract from : « The Gorilla Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne

For every tone of her voice—every gesticulation—was exactly true to nature.
Extract from : « Mass' George » by George Manville Fenn

He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

There was also an immense amount of gesticulation and excitement.
Extract from : « The Norsemen in the West » by R.M. Ballantyne

It was a throng of rapid movement, of animated speech, of gesticulation.
Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers

The game is accompanied by much shouting, gesticulation and laughter.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

His wife did not come under this ban and was the center of jubilation and gesticulation.
Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson

Synonyms for gesticulation

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