What does cliff-hanging mean?

cliff-hanging means "(of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense".

How many syllables are in cliff-hanging?

cliff-hanging has 3 syllables and divides as cliff--han-ging under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cliff-hanging?

Close synonyms include suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cliff-hanging a common word?

cliff-hanging is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Cliff-hanging — meaning and 3 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
(of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
Synonymssuspenseful suspensive nail-biting
Similartense

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What does cliff-hanging mean?: cliff-hanging means "(of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense".
How many syllables are in cliff-hanging?: cliff-hanging has 3 syllables and divides as cliff--han-ging under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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