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suspenseful

suspenseful adjective: inducing suspense.

Adjective

suspenseful (comparative more suspenseful, superlative most suspenseful)

  1. Inducing suspense.
    • The television movie was so suspenseful that I leaped in the air and screamed when the doorbell rang.

suspenseful meaning in Tagalog

suspenseful in Tagalog

inducing suspense
alip-ip

Forms of suspenseful

comparativemore suspenseful
superlativemost suspenseful

Origin of suspenseful

From suspense + -ful.

Words formed from suspenseful

Questions about suspenseful

What does suspenseful mean?
Suspenseful means inducing suspense.
What is suspenseful in Tagalog?
Suspenseful in Tagalog is alip-ip. See Suspenseful meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is suspenseful?
Suspenseful is an adjective.

Words near suspenseful in the dictionary

  1. suspensation
  2. suspensations
  3. suspense
  4. suspense account
  5. suspense accounts
  6. suspenseful
  7. suspensefully
  8. suspensefulness
  9. suspenseless
  10. suspenselessness
  11. suspenser

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