in suspense

ADJECTIVE

agog

Synonyms

WEAK

anxious avid breathless eager enthusiastic excited expectant impatient on tenterhooks

ADJECTIVE

anxious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afraid apprehensive careful concerned distressed fearful fidgety jittery nervous restless scared uneasy uptight

WEAK

aghast antsy basket case bugged butterflies choked clutched disquieted disturbed dreading fretful hacked hyper in a state in a tizzy jumpy nervy overwrought shaking shaky shivery shook-up shot to pieces solicitous spooked strung-out sweating bullets taut troubled unglued unquiet watchful wired worried sick wreck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave calm collected composed confident cool courageous happy inattentive quiet unafraid unconcerned unfearful unworried

WEAK

assured content indifferent peaceful tranqil unwilling

ADJECTIVE

expectant

Synonyms

WEAK

alert anticipative anxious apprehensive awaiting breathless eager expecting hopeful hoping looking for on edge on tenterhooks prepared raring ready vigilant waiting waiting on watchful with bated breath

ADVERB

on edge

Synonyms

WEAK

anxious edgy fidgety high-strung hyper impatient jittery jumpy nail-biting nerves on edge nervous skittish uneasy wired

Example Sentences

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Crude futures rose with the market in suspense not knowing whether Iran will send a delegation to Pakistan for planned talks with the U.S. as the Wednesday deadline for the end of the cease-fire approaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Xu was moving between rented accommodation when the draw was made at Wimbledon on Friday, and was left in suspense about who her opponent would be.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

The world waits in suspense to see which groups are first to have their wishes come true.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024

Sansom to feature Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer-turned-detective whose exploits solving chilling murders in Tudor England come steeped in suspense and granular historical detail.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

—The Great Father myth of the Aranda people of Central Australia All was in suspense, all calm, all in silence; all motionless and still; and the expanse of the sky was empty.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

in suspense

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