suspenseful

English

Etymology

From suspense +‎ -ful.

Adjective

suspenseful (comparative more suspenseful, superlative most suspenseful)

1. Inducing suspense.

   The television movie was so suspenseful that I leaped in the air and screamed when the doorbell rang.

Derived terms

• unsuspenseful

Translations

inducing suspense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有懸念的／有悬念的 (yǒu xuánniàn de)

• Finnish: jännittävä (fi), pelottava (fi)
• German: spannend (de)
• Russian: напряжённый (ru) (naprjažónnyj), в напряжённом ожида́нии (v naprjažónnom ožidánii)
• Spanish: inquietante
• Tagalog: alip-ip
• Turkish: heyecanlı (tr)