Synonyms of gesticulating

gesticulating

verb

present participle of gesticulate

as in gesturing

to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way

He was gesticulating wildly during his speech.

Related Words

• gesturing
• waving
• nodding
• motioning
• miming
• signing
• pantomiming
• signaling
• beckoning
• flagging
• informing
• shrugging
• relating
• signalizing
• telling
• advising
• acquainting
• flourishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gesticulating

Instead of ripping off his shirt, or wildly gesticulating, McTominay ran to the edge of the pitch with his hands facing down and his lips pursed. — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026

Imagery was multiplied to tell a story—the stentorian Mussolini, with his upraised chin and bald head, delivering a speech, or Hitler, with his toothbrush mustache, gesticulating. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

Video footage of the incident obtained by KQED appears to show the women gesticulating and shouting at the correctional staff before the officers form a line and deploy pepper spray and mace grenades at the group. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026

The video, without sound, shows the three of them gesticulating at each other before the 13-year-old in red pants appears to charge David and stab him. — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026

In preschool, he was given a wordless role as Farmer McGregor in a school production of Peter Rabbit and began hamming it up, counting the missing tomatoes and gesticulating at his nemesis rabbit. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026

Their remaining team-mates applauded the away enclosure, but many in that section were gesticulating their disdain. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025