Words and phrases that have a meaning related to suspenseful: (116 results)
Often used in the same context:
riveting, engrossing, enthralling, captivating, thrilling, climactic, talky, taut, spellbinding, melodramatic, exhilarating, entertaining, revelatory, overlong, hitchcockian, anticlimactic, pulpier, creepy, poignant, visceral, believable, noirish, enjoyable, cinematic, unsatisfying, gory, satisfying, fascinating, beguiling, undramatic, amusing, intriguing, expository, overdetermined, mesmerizing, uproarious, spooky, novelistic, filmable, hilarious, unsettling, surreal, funny, mawkish, allusive, film noir, unentertaining, humorous, grand guignol, hokey, evocative, tearjerking, sappy, terrifying, digressive, haunting, entrancing, novelized, adrenalized, stagy, enrapturing, seriocomic, compelling, maudlin, resonant, fictionalized, grisliness, unenjoyable, campy, seriocomedy, essayistic, chilling, memorable, draggy, elegiac, portentous, harrowing, claustrophobic, titillating, allegorical, disorienting, epic, cathartic, artful, nonfiction, disquieting, comical, tense, con brio, fantastical, black death, poetic, macabre, unsentimental, gothic romance, scary, melancholy, unnerving, witty, propulsive, lighthearted, unaffecting, racking, farcical, tragicomic, slapstick, exciting, nightmarish, tragic, tragical, picaresque, surrealistic, wracking
Appears in the definition of:
thriller
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Also try:cliff-hanging, suspensive
— Nouns for suspenseful: story, plot, drama, moment, tale, novel, moments, scene, narrative, thriller, action, more...
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