suspense

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
2. (uncountable, usually) the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
3. (uncountable, usually) The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
4. (uncountable, usually) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
5. (US, uncountable, usually) A deadline.

Adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

Synonyms

doubt

anxiety

uneasiness

uncertainty

abeyance

bewilderment

apprehension

concerned

insecurity

tension

worry

fear

😨

delight

distrust

anguish

embarrassment

excitation

excitement

expectation

fright

hang

hanging

hurry

insecureness

hanging-up

instability

misgivings

mystification

nervous

pend

peradventure

perplexity

pickle

poise

puzzlement

regret

relief

restlessness

scrape

self-doubt

shakiness

stew

🍲

suspend

suspension

suspicions

tautness

tenseness

stress

tensity

throe

alarm

unconvincing

agony

unpredictability

unstableness

vacillation

vexation

waiting

worried

😟

worrisome

unassertiveness

puzzle over

keeping on tenterhooks

pendency

aversion

anxious

feel anxious

consternation

constraint

Translations

suspense

Spannung

suspense

Besorgnis

suspenso

Unruhe

Angst

😨

tensión

Hängen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈspɛns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: suspense

In summary

From Middle English suspense, suspence, from Anglo-Norman suspens (as in en suspens) and Old French suspens, from Latin suspēnsus.