suspense

Definition von suspense im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc; the unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation; the condition of being suspended; uncertainty; Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear. The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies; {n} uncertainty, doubt, stop, delay, fear; {a} held in doubt, kept from proceeding; an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"; A way of holding funding for a budgeted position because an employee has temporarily reduced his/her percentage of time, or been given a temporary promotion, or the department is temporarily paying an employee on a different FAU; Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding; 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; wondering what's going to happen next, such as "waiting for the other shoe to drop "; The tense anticipation aroused in reading a story; the expectation of and doubt about what is going to happen next Close Window; {i} state of being suspended; excitement or anticipation resulting from uncertainty; apprehension, anxiety; uncertain condition; state of being undecided or uncertain; If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about. Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going. a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next tension in suspense (suspendre; SUSPEND); an excitement as to a decision or outcome of an event in a work; an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years" excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense" apprehension about what is going to happen; excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"; 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; Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt; apprehension about what is going to happen; Cessation for a time; stop; pause
suspense account: an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification
suspense account: A temporary account in which entries of credits or charges are made until their proper disposition can be determined
suspense thriller: (story, film, etc.) having tense and surprising situations
suspenseful: Inducing suspense
The television movie was so suspenseful that I leaped in the air and and screamed when the doorbell rang.
keep a person in suspense: keep someone feeling tense, maintain a sense of suspense in someone
suspenseful: (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
suspenseful: {s} full of suspense, causing suspense
suspenseful: A suspenseful story makes you feel excited or anxious about what is going to happen in the story next. a suspenseful and sinister tale