- anxious suspense
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English-Turkish dictionary. 2013.
anxious suspense
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Anxious — Anx ious ([a^][ng]k sh[u^]s), a. [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. a gchein to choke. See {Anger}.] 1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suspense — suspense, suspension The two words used to be interchangeable in several meanings, but have since gone their separate ways. Suspense is used primarily to denote ‘a state of anxious uncertainty or expectation’, and is common attributively (i.e.… … Modern English usage
anxious — [adj1] worried, tense afraid, aghast, antsy*, apprehensive, basket case*, bugged*, butterflies, careful, choked*, clutched*, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dreading, fearful, fidgety, fretful, hacked*, hyper*, in a state*, in a… … New thesaurus
suspense — [sə spens′] n. [ME < MFr suspens, suspense, delay, deferring < ML suspensum < L suspensus, suspended, uncertain, lit., hung up, pp. of suspendere, to SUSPEND] 1. the state of being undecided or undetermined 2. a state of usually anxious… … English World dictionary
suspense — ► NOUN ▪ a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. DERIVATIVES suspenseful adjective. ORIGIN Old French suspens abeyance , from Latin suspendere suspend … English terms dictionary
suspense — sus|pense [səˈspens] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: suspendre; SUSPEND] a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next →↑tension in suspense ▪ They kept us in suspense for over two hours. ▪ Come on… … Dictionary of contemporary English
suspense — noun (U) a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next: in suspense: The children waited in suspense to hear the end of the story. | keep sb in suspense: We were kept in suspense waiting for the results of the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
anxious — adjective /ˈæŋˈʃəs/ a) Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; mdash;applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. The sweet of… … Wiktionary
suspense — 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
suspense — n. 1 a state of anxious uncertainty or expectation. 2 Law a suspension; the temporary cessation of a right etc. Phrases and idioms: keep in suspense delay informing (a person) of urgent information. suspense account an account in which items are… … Useful english dictionary
anxious — Synonyms and related words: aching, aghast, agitated, agog, alacritous, alarmed, all agog, all overish, anguished, animated, annoyed, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxioused up, apprehensive, ardent, athirst, avid, beset, bored, bothered, breathless,… … Moby Thesaurus
