pregnant
adjective
[ ˈprɛɡnənt ]
• (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus.
• "she was heavily pregnant with her second child"
Similar:
expecting a baby,
having a baby,
with a baby on the way,
having a child,
expectant,
carrying a child,
enceinte,
expecting,
in the family way,
expecting a happy event,
preggers,
preggy,
with a bun in the oven,
with one in the oven,
in the club,
up the duff,
in the pudding club,
up the spout,
up the stick,
knocked up,
preggo,
clucky,
with a joey in the pouch,
up the pole,
in trouble,
in pod,
with child,
heavy/big with child,
in a delicate condition,
in an interesting condition,
childing,
on the way,
gravid,
parturient,
impregnate,
infanticipating,
storked,
expect,
carry,
bear,
• full of meaning; significant or suggestive.
• "a pregnant pause"
Similar:
filled,
charged,
heavy,
fraught,
replete,
teeming,
full of,
abounding in,
rich in,
meaningful,
significant,
eloquent,
suggestive,
expressive,
loaded,
meaning,
pointed,
telling,
revealing,
weighty,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.
