on tenterhooks

Meaning

on tenterhooks

(idiomatic) In a state of suspense or apprehension.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

restless strained edgy apprehensive uptight agog fidgety stressed wired overstrung quaking careworn fretting worked up ill at ease
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Antonyms

pacific even together placid limpid unruffled
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Examples

However fans have been left on tenterhooks for news of series six's release after the Covid-19 crisis forced an end to filming just four weeks into a 16-week filming schedule. Source: Internet

Instead, a succession of cliffhanger results is keeping the world on tenterhooks. Source: Internet

Though it starts at the end and works backward, this infamous crime story keeps the audiences in the dark and on tenterhooks right up until the end in its search for the elusive mastermind Keyser Söze. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

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