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/ˌklɪfˈhæŋ.ə(ɹ)/ · noun
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense..
Back in the early 80s, the hit series Dallas kept the nation guessing with its season-ending cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"
This presidential election is such a cliffhanger. Will it be the rising star Dmitry "Obamovich" Medvedev? Or the veteran Gennady "McCainovich" Zyuganov?
Use cliffhanger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cliffhanger means (narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include anticlimax.
Back in the early 80s, the hit series Dallas kept the nation guessing with its season-ending cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"
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