Antonyms for suspense
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : suh-spens |
Phonetic Transcription : səˈspɛns |
Definition of suspense
Origin :- c.1400, "not being executed, unfulfilled" (of legal matters), from Anglo-French suspens (in en suspens "in abeyance," c.1300), from Old French suspens "act of suspending," from Latin suspensus, past participle of suspendere (see suspend). Meaning "state of mental uncertainty" (mid-15c.) is from legal meaning of "not rendered, not paid, not carried out" (e.g. suspended sentence). As a genre of novels, stories, etc., attested from 1952.
- noun anticipation
- He awaited, in an agony of suspense, the rattle of the musketry.
- Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "Don't keep me in suspense like this," cried the girl in a low but intense voice.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Now that everything had been done, that the last minute of suspense was on, she was depressed.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "It is a long time when it is a year of suspense," said the recluse, shaking his head.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- In either way, the certainty must be preferable to the suspense.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It was a moment of suspense, for neither liked the other at first sight.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Anthony was in suspense about the way his fate might arrange itself at Khartum.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- The waiting, the loneliness and the suspense were terrible to one so young, and so ambitious.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- They would certainly be listening with an anxiety and suspense not less than his.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- We all hastened down accordingly, and waited the issue in suspense.
- Extract from : « Georgie's Present » by Miss Brightwell
Synonyms for suspense
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