anticipatory
an ti suh puh taw ree
- s in anticipation
- That's why there's no precise economic definition of a market panic; it's more a psychological than a fiscal phenomenon, simultaneously anticipatory (you think something terrible .
- When the stars are Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez and the film is Gigli, the anticipatory mood can quickly sour from must-see to buzz-saw.
- If The Odyssey had enjoyedor sufferedas much anticipatory fluffing as Phantom Menace did, some ancient Greeks would surely have muttered, "Homer's lost it.