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fateful [ˈfeɪtfʊl] adj
1. having important consequences; decisively important 2. bringing death or disaster 3. controlled by or as if by fate 4. prophetic fatefully adv fatefulness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
fateful adjective 1. crucial, important, significant, critical, decisive, momentous, portentous What changed for him in that fateful year? crucial ordinary, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, nugatory 2. disastrous, fatal, deadly, destructive, lethal, ominous, ruinous He had sailed on his third and fateful voyage. Translations fateful adj day, night, moment, meeting, journey → schicksalhaft; decision, consequence → verhängnisvoll; words → schicksalsschwer; to be fateful for somebody → jds Schicksal besiegeln How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Holding a clear recollection of these languid easterly sighs rippling unexpectedly against the run of the smooth swell, with no other warning than a ten-minutes' calm and a queer darkening of the coast-line, I cannot think, without a gasp of professional awe, of that fateful moment. Twice I have been back, seeking for that fateful spot in the hills, but unable to find it. Indeed, I always get something like a palpitation of the heart just before the priest utters those final fateful words, "I declare you man and-- wife. |
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