Misgesture
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪsˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misgesture is a verb meaning To make the wrong gesture.
Meaning
To make the wrong gesture.
More Meanings
- A gesture that is made in error.
Example Sentences
Anyone who misspeaks or misgestures, while trying to maintain a reasonably fast pace, is out of this portion of the exercise.
From Faisal's perspective, a more dramatic “misgesture” on the part of the Americans was needed before the oil weapon would be employed.
He emphasizes as evidence the fact that people sometimes misspeak with a correct gesture, but very rarely misgesture with correct speech.
He understood that if she was as bad as the instructors and professors on the committee claimed, then there were a hundred misturns, missteps and misgestures she would have made that she did not.
Word Forms
- misgestures
- misgesturing
- misgestured
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misfinger, misvoice, mistouch, misgreet, misfigure, misstep.
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