Was the cliffhanger a downer or did it whet your appetite for more?
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Cliffhanger
Synonyms for "cliffhanger" (1 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَشْوِيق noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
- نِهَايَة مُشَوِّقَة noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Finnish
2 entries- cliffhanger noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
- juonen jättäminen jännittävään kohtaan noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
French
1 entries- cliffhanger noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
German
1 entries- offenes Ende noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Hebrew
1 entries- קליף האנגר noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Japanese
1 entries- クリフハンガー noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Korean
1 entries- 클리프행어 noun (outcome awaited with keen anticipation)
Malay
1 entries- babak tergantung noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Persian
1 entries- پایان نفسگیر noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Polish
3 entries- cliffhanger noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
- cliffhanger noun (outcome awaited with keen anticipation)
- zawieszenie akcji noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Portuguese
2 entries- gancho noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
- suspense noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Russian
1 entries- клиффхэ́нгер noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Spanish
1 entries- final en vilo noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Tagalog
1 entries- pabitin noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кліфге́нгер noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
- кліфге́нґер noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfres iasol noun ((narratology) an ending or stopping point)
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The two part episode's cliffhanger had me in suspense.
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With each daily win, and the cliffhanger over whether he’d beat Jennings’ record or falter along the way, Amodio became more of a household name.
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Back in the early 80s, the hit series Dallas kept the nation guessing with its season-ending cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"
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