suspense

suspense is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
2. adjective. Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
3. adjective. 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.
4. adjective. Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
5. adjective. 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.
6. noun. an uncertain cognitive state

   "the matter remained in suspense for several years"

7. noun. excited anticipation of an approaching climax

   "the play kept the audience in suspense"

8. noun. apprehension about what is going to happen

Common word forms

suspenser, suspenses, suspensely, suspenseful

Words from these letters

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