hands clasped
Grip on yourself
Hands clasped describes the position of holding one's own hands together, fingers interlaced or one hand gripping the other.
The gesture conveys various states depending on context—prayer, anxiety, earnest pleading, or patient waiting: She sat with hands clasped in her lap.
Someone speaking with hands clasped before them may be signaling sincerity or supplication: He begged, hands clasped, for another chance.
- prayingAddressing a deity
- silent prayerVoiceless religious entreaty
- foldedBent upon itself
- interlockedJoined by overlapping parts
- fingersAppendages of the hand
grip · held tight · pleading · nervous · waiting · prayer · begging · anxious · nervous habit · reverent · bowed head · tight · knuckles · palms · supplication · devotion · wringing · fidgeting
- gesturesgesture, applause, tap on shoulder, snap fingers, beckon
- peacepeace, peaceful, peacefully, peace sign, peace symbol
- Posturessupine, upright, slouch, slump, erect
- peace symbolspeace sign, olive branch, peace dove, dove, white dove
- submission gestureskowtow, genuflection, genuflect, genuflecting, prostration
hands claspedopen arms
Welcoming body language
arms akimbo · arms outstretched · hands outstretched · waving · pointing
hand, hands, handed, handing, handy, handful, handily, handedness, clasp