suspense

adjective

1. (obsolete) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

2. (obsolete) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

noun

1. apprehension about what is going to happen

Definition categories: feeling, apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread

2. an uncertain cognitive state

- the matter remained in suspense for several years

Definition categories: thought, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty

3. excited anticipation of an approaching climax

- the play kept the audience in suspense

Definition categories: feeling, anticipation, expectancy