suspense
noun
[ səˈspɛns ]
• a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
• "come on, Fran, don't keep me in suspense!"
Similar:
eagerly,
agog,
all agog,
with bated breath,
on tenterhooks,
avid,
excited,
on edge,
open-mouthed,
anxious,
edgy,
jittery,
jumpy,
keyed up,
overwrought,
uneasy,
worried,
uptight,
waiting for the axe to fall,
• the temporary cessation or suspension of something.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French suspens ‘abeyance’, based on Latin suspensus ‘suspended, hovering, doubtful’, past participle of suspendere (see suspend).
