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".
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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".
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Meaning 3
Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events".
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Meaning 4
Ominously prophetic.
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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.