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View definitions for suspenseful

suspenseful

adjective as in hair-raising

adjective as in spine-tingling

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Indeed, this becomes so routine it can hardly be called suspenseful, apart from wondering if maybe the writers will send him in a different direction the next time.

This finding suggests that exposing yourself to horror films, scary stories or suspenseful video games can actually calm you afterward.

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His films are not “scary,” save “Psycho;” they are suspenseful.

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The world of the play is one of sci-fi satire, underscored like a merrily suspenseful summer blockbuster.

In 2024, it’s films like "The Front Room," "The Deliverance," and, although considerably suspenseful, "Blink Twice," that show Black women atone with their traumas, which hadn’t quite been confronted in traditional horrors.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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