be+in+suspense

  • 71suspense — Synonyms and related words: abeyance, agitation, all overs, angst, anticipation, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apathy, apprehension, apprehensiveness, cankerworm of care,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 72suspense — {{hw}}{{suspense}}{{/hw}}s. f. inv. Stato di ansia e di attesa provocato dall intreccio avventuroso di un dramma di cui non si sa immaginare la fine: un film ricco di –s. ETIMOLOGIA: voce ingl., dal franc. (en) suspens ‘in sospeso’, dal lat.… …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 73suspense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. anxiety, apprehension; uncertainty, indecision, hesitation; discontinuance, interruption, pause; inaction, abeyance. See expectation, latency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Uncertainty] Syn. apprehension,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 74suspense — sustantivo masculino intriga, misterio. * * * Sinónimos: ■ intriga, emoción, tensión, angustia, incertidumbre …

    Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • 75suspense — sus·pense || sÉ™ spens n. state of being suspended; excitement or anticipation resulting from uncertainty; apprehension, anxiety; uncertain condition; state of being undecided or uncertain …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 76suspense thriller — (story, film, etc.) having tense and surprising situations …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 77suspense account — noun an account in which items are entered temporarily before allocation to the correct or final account …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 78suspense — noun 1》 a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. 2》 chiefly Law the temporary cessation or suspension of something. Derivatives suspenseful adjective Origin ME: from OFr. suspens abeyance , based on L. suspensus …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 79suspense — n. 1. Uncertainty, indetermination, incertitude. 2. Hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, doubt, ndecision, vacillation, wavering, scruple, misgiving. 3. Suspension, intermission, remission, interruption, cessation, stoppage, stop, respite, pause …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 80suspense account — A temporary account in the books of an organization used to record balances to correct mistakes or balances that have not yet been finalized (e.g. because a particular deal has not been concluded) …

    Accounting dictionary