gesturings
Silent bodily communications
Gesturings are acts of making gestures—movements of the hands, arms, or body that communicate meaning or accompany speech.
The plural suggests multiple instances or types: His frantic gesturings caught the waiter's attention.
The word emphasizes the physical act of gesturing rather than what the gestures convey.
Conveying information nonverbally
- motioningSignaling through movement
- indicatingShowing or pointing to
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- wavingSweeping hand gesture
pointing · nodding · signing · pantomiming · miming · hand signals · body language · nonverbal
Prayer seeking divine favor
- genuflectingBending the knee reverently
- bowingBending forward in deference
- prostratingLying flat in submission
- salutingFormal gesture of respect
hand raising · crossing · reverence · liturgical · supplication · invocation · mudras · devotional
Giving special importance to
- illustratingDrawing to explain
- underliningLine drawn beneath text
- punctuatingAdding grammatical marks
- accentuatingStressing for emphasis
reinforcing · accompanying · elaborating · demonstrating · clarifying · animating · discourse · rhetoric
Exaggerating emotional impact
- emotingExpressing theatrically
- actingTemporarily holding position
- performingExecuting an action
- exaggeratingOverstating for effect
flourishing · posturing · staging · histrionics · melodrama · expressiveness · physicality · choreography
signaling
Conveying information nonverbally
- motioningSignaling through movement
- indicatingShowing or pointing to
- beckoningGesturing for approach
waving · pointing · nodding · signing · pantomiming · miming · hand signals · body language · nonverbal · silent communication
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
- genuflectingBending the knee reverently
- bowingBending forward in deference
- prostratingLying flat in submission
saluting · hand raising · crossing · reverence · liturgical · supplication · invocation · mudras · devotional · prayer hands
emphasizing
Giving special importance to
- illustratingDrawing to explain
- underliningLine drawn beneath text
- punctuatingAdding grammatical marks
accentuating · reinforcing · accompanying · elaborating · demonstrating · clarifying · animating · discourse · rhetoric · oratory
dramatizing
Exaggerating emotional impact
- emotingExpressing theatrically
- actingTemporarily holding position
- performingExecuting an action
exaggerating · flourishing · posturing · staging · histrionics · melodrama · expressiveness · physicality · choreography · stage business
gesturingstalking
Producing speech aloud
utterances · spoken words · vocalizations · written communication · writing
gesturingsstillness
Complete lack of motion
motionlessness · immobility · rigidity · inertness · freezing