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With bated breath

//wɪð ˈbeɪtɪd ˈbɹɛθ//

Synonyms for "with bated breath" (64 found)

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General use (61)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(3 words)

tense undercover quivering

Adjective(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun(2 words)

aside sotto voce

Adj, verb(1 words)

Adj, prep_phrase(1 words)

behind the scenes

Adj, noun(2 words)

apprehensive expectant

Prep_phrase(9 words)

in suspense on tenterhooks on edge behind the curtain on bended knee on tiptoe in secret in a corner under the breath

Adverb(26 words)

modestly hopefully secretly humbly meekly fearfully abjectly covertly timidly shyly expectantly submissively tremulously diffidently under the rose apprehensively bashfully tremblingly timorously shrinkingly

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quakingly anticipatorily anticipatively anticipatingly expectingly mousily

Phrase(1 words)

in darkness in the background with muscles tense keyed-up in a whisper behind the veil in hidlings nobody the wiser out of earshot with due deference between the teeth in an aside with breathless expectation

Preposition(1 words)

Informal (3)

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Prep_phrase, slang(1 words)

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