- Hitchcockian
- Hitch|cock|i|an [ hıtʃ`kakiən ] adjectivevery exciting and full of SUSPENSE (=the feeling that something bad is about to happen but you do not know what or when)
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hitchcockian — hitch·cock·ian … English syllables
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