Related Words for expectant

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hopeful
/x
Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Adjective
large
/
Adjective, Adjective
big
/
Adjective, Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
pregnant
/x
Adjective, Adjective
gravid
xx
Adjective, Adjective
with child
//
Phrase, Adjective
anxious
/x
Adjective
eager
/x
Adjective
anticipatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
prospective
x/x
Adjective
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
fretful
/x
Adjective
exultant
x/x
Adjective
watchful
/x
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
bewildered
x/x
Verb
adoring
x/x
Noun
joyful
/x
Adjective
rapt
/
Adjective
appreciative
x/xxx
Adjective
bemused
x/
Adjective
jubilant
/xx
Adjective
enthusiastic
xxx/x
Adjective
contented
x/x
Adjective
apprehensive
xx/x
Adjective
excited
x/x
Adjective, Verb
doting
/x
Adjective
glum
/
Noun
elated
x/x
Verb
excitable
x/xx
Adjective
mothers
/x
Noun
pensive
/x
Adjective
joyous
/x
Adjective
fearful
/x
Adjective
ecstatic
x/x
Adjective
prayerful
/x
Adjective
unwed
x/
Adjective
antsy
/x
Adjective
unsmiling
x/x
Adjective
unsuspecting
xx/x
Adjective
overjoyed
xx/
Verb
ardent
/x
Adjective
harried
/x
Adjective
awaited
x/x
Adjective
inquisitive
x/xx
Adjective
enraptured
x/x
Adjective
downcast
/x
Adjective
dutiful
/xx
Adjective
disinterested
x/xx
Adjective
anticipating
x/xxx
Verb
dejected
x/x
Adjective
expecting
x/x
Verb
infant
/x
Noun
guileless
/x
Adjective
nervous
/x
Adjective
forlorn
x/
Adjective
perplexed
x/
Adjective
expectancy
x/xx
Noun
exasperated
x/xxx
Adjective
gleeful
/x
Adjective
discontented
xx/x
Adjective
credulous
/xx
Adjective
distraught
x/
Adjective
weary
/x
Adjective
young
/
Adjective
baby
/x
Noun
aspiring
x/x
Adjective
devout
x/
Adjective
restless
/x
Adjective
newborn
/x
Adjective
avid
/x
Adjective
worshipful
/xx
Noun
delight
x/
Noun
teenaged
/x
Adjective
throng
/
Noun
nonplussed
x/
Verb
promised
/x
Verb
marked
/
Adjective
auspicious
x/x
Adjective
impending
x/x
Adjective
optimistic
xx/x
Adjective
farsighted
//x
Adjective
concerned
x/
Verb
antecedent
x/xx
Noun
tentative
/xx
Adjective
predictable
x/xx
Adjective
lettered
/x
Adjective
present
/x
Noun
aspirational
xx/xx
Adjective
alerted
x/x
Verb
close
/
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective
presumed
x/
Adjective
observant
x/x
Adjective
cheerful
/x
Adjective
coming
/x
Verb
contingent
x/x
Noun
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
pending
/x
Verb
wishful
/x
Adjective
graduated
/xxx
Verb
inclusionary
x/xxx
Adjective
destined
/x
Verb
poised
/
Verb
prime
/
Noun
provident
/xx
Noun
supposed
x/
Verb
ready
/x
Adjective
upcoming
/xx
Noun
subject
x/
Noun
prescient
/xx
Adjective
intended
x/x
Verb
fateful
/x
Adjective
fated
/x
Adjective
proximate
/xx
Adjective
decisive
x/x
Adjective
instant
/x
Noun
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
observable
x/xx
Adjective
tagged
/
Verb
equitable
/xxx
Adjective
on guard
//
Phrase, Adjective
hushed
/
Verb
moms
/
Noun
fatherhood
/xx
Noun
gazes
/x
Noun
dads
/
Noun
waiting
/x
Noun, Verb
bridegroom
/x
Noun
hid
/
Verb
paused
/
Verb
reversion
x/x
Noun
grins
/
Noun
parenthood
/xx
Noun
parents
/x
Noun
faces
/x
Noun
ova
/x
Noun
puzzled
/x
Verb
heirs
/
Noun
stillness
/x
Noun
acclamations
xx/x
Noun
adherence
x/x
Noun
adieu
x/
Noun
admirer
x/x
Noun
affair
x/
Noun
alcibiades
/xx/
Name
amour
x/
Noun
anthony
/xx
Name
astonished
x/x
Adjective
astounded
x/x
Adjective
attentive
x/x
Adjective
barry
/x
Name, Adjective
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
bell
/
Noun, Verb
bellowing
/xx
Noun
bitterness
/xx
Noun
blink
/
Noun, Verb
boo
/
Noun, Verb
boyhood
/x
Noun
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective, Noun
distrustful
x/x
Adjective
embarrassed
x/x
Adjective
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
incredulous
x/xx
Adjective
indulgent
x/x
Adjective
maternal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
pleased
/
Adjective
preoccupied
x/xx
Adjective
saddened
/x
Verb
shred
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sob
/
Noun, Verb
throb
/
Noun, Verb
uncomprehending
x/x/x
Adjective
worried
/x
Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun