cliffhanger
1 antonym for cliffhanger — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — A dramatic ending that leaves a story unfinished so the audience is left wondering what happens next.
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Etymology
From cliff + hanger, evoking the image of someone left hanging from a cliff, thereby having an uncertain fate. The term cliffhanger is considered to have originated with the serialized version of Thomas Hardy's A Pair of Blue Eyes, published in Tinsley's Magazine in the 1870s, in which the character Henry Knight is lef...
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