interesting condition
Expecting, delicately phrased
Interesting condition is a dated, coy euphemism for pregnancy: She's in an interesting condition.
The phrase belongs to an era when direct mention of pregnancy was considered indelicate in polite company.
Now used only ironically or in period contexts.
- fascinatingExtremely interesting or captivating
- intriguingArousing eager interest
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- peculiarStrangely unusual
- rare diseaseAilment with few patients
medical mystery · diagnosis · state · mental state · anomaly · paradox · riveting · riddle · intensity · euphemism · quandary · conundrum · moral dilemma · theoretical model · emotional complexity · mutation · behavioral pattern · cognitive bias
interesting conditionunpregnant
Not carrying offspring
barrenness · barren · infertile · infertility · childless
interesting conditionpregnant
Gestating offspring internally
knocked up · with child · preggers · gravid · impregnated
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