William found chapter five to be the most suspenseful part of the novel.
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Suspenseful
Synonyms for "suspenseful" (100 found)
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Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
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Synonyms
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
9 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 有懸念的 /有悬念的 adj (inducing suspense)
Finnish
2 entries- jännittävä adj (inducing suspense)
- pelottava adj (inducing suspense)
German
1 entries- spannend adj (inducing suspense)
Russian
2 entries- в напряжённом ожида́нии adj (inducing suspense)
- напряжённый adj (inducing suspense)
Spanish
1 entries- inquietante adj (inducing suspense)
Tagalog
1 entries- alip-ip adj (inducing suspense)
Turkish
1 entries- heyecanlı adj (inducing suspense)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Gustavo was captivated by the suspenseful movie.
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This is a very suspenseful story.
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The television movie was so suspenseful that I leaped in the air and screamed when the doorbell rang.
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