a. [f. SUSPENSE sb. + -FUL.] Full of suspense; doubtful and apprehensive; uncertain and expectant of the issue.
1637. Sanderson, Serm. (1681), II. 72. He that hath a contented mind doth not afflict himself … with suspenceful thoughts, in forecasting both his hopes and fears what he may be.
a. 1731. Dk. Wharton, To Pallas, Poet. Wks. 1735, II. 53. I much rather chose to be at once acquainted with my ill Fortune, than to continue longer in a suspenceful Uncertainty.
1880. Blackw. Mag., Feb., 251/2. No other sound is audible but his voice, so suspenseful is the silence.
