sus ‧ pense /səˈspens/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: suspendre ; ⇨ ↑ suspend ]
a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next ⇨ tension
in suspense
They kept us in suspense for over two hours.
Come on then, tell me what happened; the suspense is killing me (=I feel very excited or anxious because I do not know what will happen next) .
She couldn’t bear the suspense a moment longer.
suspense novel/story/movie etc (=one which is exciting because you do not know what will happen next)