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Fateful (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Fatal

Meaning 2

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Calamitous
  • Fatal
  • Black
  • Disastrous

Meaning 3

Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Fatal

Meaning 4

Ominously prophetic.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The old gypsy's words proved to be fateful, foretelling the tragic events that would soon unfold.
  • As I stood at the crossroads, I felt a fateful sense of uncertainty, as if the choice I made would determine the course of my life.
  • The captain's decision to set sail despite the ominous weather forecast proved to be a fateful mistake.
  • The ancient prophecy spoke of a fateful day when the great city would be consumed by flames and destruction.
  • The stranger's whispered warning was a fateful omen, one that I would later realize was a desperate attempt to prevent the impending disaster.

Synonyms

  • Portentous
  • Foreboding
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