'Suspense' definitions:
Definition of 'suspense'
From: WordNet
noun
Apprehension about what is going to happen
noun
An uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"
noun
Excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"
Definition of 'Suspense'
From: GCIDE
- Suspense \Sus*pense"\, n. [From F. suspens, a. See Suspense, a.]
- 1. The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury. [1913 Webster]
- Ten days the prophet in suspense remained. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Upon the ticklish balance of suspense. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cessation for a time; stop; pause. [1913 Webster]
- A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. [Cf. F. suspense.] (Law) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Suspense account (Bookkeeping), an account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suspense'
From: GCIDE
- Suspense \Sus*pense"\, a. [F. suspens, L. suspensus, p. p. of suspendere. See Suspend.]
- 1. Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- [The great light of day] suspense in heaven. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt. [Obs.] "Expectation held his look suspense." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suspense'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- agitation,
- all-overs,
- angst,
- anticipation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety hysteria,
- anxiety neurosis,
- anxious bench,
- anxious concern,
- anxious seat,
- anxiousness,
- apathy,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- cankerworm of care,
- capriciousness,
- care,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- chance,
- chanciness,
- changeableness,
- cliff-hanging,
- concern,
- concernment,
- danglement,
- dangling,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- dependence,
- dependency,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- dormancy,
- doubt,
- dread,
- entropy,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- excitement,
- expectancy,
- expectant waiting,
- expectation,
- fear,
- fickleness,
- foreboding,
- forebodingness,
- hanging,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- incalculability,
- incertitude,
- indecision,
- indecisiveness,
- indefiniteness,
- indemonstrability,
- indeterminacy,
- indetermination,
- indeterminism,
- indifference,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- inquietude,
- insecurity,
- irresolution,
- languor,
- latency,
- lotus-eating,
- luck,
- malaise,
- misgiving,
- moratorium,
- nervous strain,
- nervous tension,
- nervousness,
- overanxiety,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- pendency,
- pendulosity,
- pendulousness,
- pensileness,
- pensility,
- perturbation,
- pessimism,
- pins and needles,
- pucker,
- randomness,
- solicitude,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- stasis,
- stew,
- strain,
- suspensefulness,
- suspension,
- tension,
- torpor,
- trouble,
- unaccountability,
- uncertainness,
- uncertainty,
- uncertainty principle,
- undecidedness,
- undeterminedness,
- uneasiness,
- unforeseeableness,
- unpredictability,
- unprovability,
- unquietness,
- unsureness,
- unverifiability,
- upset,
- vacillation,
- vegetation,
- vexation,
- vis inertiae,
- waiting,
- whimsicality,
- zeal