: To facepalm or not to facepalm How would you describe a facepalm in a more formal sense? For example, he rubbed his head with his hand. Or, he rubbed his temples. Basically, my character here

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A few options:

Bob slammed his hand upwards, almost hurting himself. "Why would you say that Jim?"

Bob rolled his eyes and leaned forward into his hand. "Honestly Jim. Could you have been stupider?"

Similar to what @Derek Lu said: Bob sighed, and rubbed his forehead, thinking of all the reasons of why Jim'sidea wouldn't work.

In dismay Bob brought his hand onto his face. Sighing loudly he turned to Jim - "Shut up. That's really stupid"

In summary:
Say: [Character Name][verb to do with hitting or touching] his face {noise or speech.}

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I came up with this: [character name] sighed, and rubbed his [temple/forehead], thinking of all the reasons of why his idea wouldn't work.
You can change that too many different variations.

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