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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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Two Metropolitan Police officers have been charged after a heavily pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed in a crash with an unmarked police car in south-east London.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

His daughter was not pregnant and it was McDonald who was sending the texts pretending to be her and his late father.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The rodent was largely unseen until 2017, when a pregnant female was found in Merced County.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

As Ziegler, explains, though, the effects of this qualified immunity could be devastating for pregnant women.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

He joked with pregnant women and gave small toys to children.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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