Suspense (Noun)

Excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense".

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.

Apprehension about what is going to happen.

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.

The audience was on the edge of their seats, filled with suspense as the hero hung precariously from the cliff.
As I waited for the doctor to deliver the test results, I felt a growing sense of suspense that was almost unbearable.
The plot twist at the end of the movie was so unexpected that it left me in suspense for days, wondering what would happen next.
The characters in the novel were trapped in a creepy mansion, waiting for the killer to strike, their suspense building with every creak of the floorboards.
The silence that followed the ring of the doorbell was filled with suspense as I waited to see who was standing on the other side.

An uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years".

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.