pregnant

[preg-nuhnt] / ˈprɛg nənt /

ADJECTIVE

carrying developing offspring within the body

Synonyms

WEAK

abundant anticipating carrying a child childbearing enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful gestating gravid heavy hopeful in family way parous parturient preggers productive prolific replete teeming with child

ADJECTIVE

significant, meaningful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rich

WEAK

charged cogent consequential creative eloquent expressive fecund imaginative important inventive loaded momentous original pointed redolent seminal sententious suggestive telling weighty

Antonyms

WEAK

insignificant trivial unmeaningful

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Amy was a trainee youth worker before becoming pregnant with her son, who has autism.

From BBC

In July that year, she fled Russia with her husband while pregnant.

From Barron's

Soft cheeses made with such unpasteurized milk can run an infection risk from listeria bacteria, a special danger for pregnant women and newborns.

From Los Angeles Times

Then just 18 and heavily pregnant, Hazel described being "petrified" when she discovered what happened to her baby sister.

From BBC

“I fell down an escalator when I was pregnant with him.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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