SUSPENSE

[noun] [U] - the feeling of excitement or anxiety which you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to beThey are waiting in suspense to hear what the jury's verdict will be.She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him.Come on, put me out of my suspense - tell me what happened.The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen or to know what I am going to be told).The play is full of intrigue and suspense (= causes feelings of excitement because it is not certain what is going to happen).There is a gradual build-up of suspense throughout the film, until it comes to an unexpected ending.