Antonyms for gesticulative
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : je-stik-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛˈstɪk yəˌleɪt |
Definition of gesticulative
Origin :- c.1600, from Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture," diminutive of gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest). Related: Gesticulated; gesticulating.
- As in oratorical : adj rhetorical
- This might be true if they represented on the stage a gesticulative race.
- Extract from : « Our Stage and Its Critics » by "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
- The driver awoke with a start from profound reverie, looked Kirkwood over, and bowed with gesticulative palms.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- A moment more and a captain of gendarmes appears and shouts something in excited, gesticulative French.
- Extract from : « In the Track of the Trades » by Lewis R. Freeman
Synonyms for gesticulative
- bombastic
- declamatory
- dramatic
- elaborate
- elocutionary
- eloquent
- expressive
- fervid
- forceful
- gesticulative
- gesturing
- grandiloquent
- histrionic
- impassioned
- important
- imposing
- inflated
- intoning
- lofty
- long-winded
- loud
- noble
- noisy
- orotund
- ostentatious
- persuasive
- pompous
- senatorial
- stagy
- stentorian
- stylistic
- theatrical
- tumid
- verbose
- vivid
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