fate·ful (f t f l)adj. 1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous: a fateful decision to counterattack. 2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined. 3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal. 4. Ominously prophetic; portentous: a fateful sign. fate ful·ly adv.fate ful·ness n. |
fateful
Adjective
having important, and usually disastrous, consequences
fatefully adv
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| Adj. | 1. | fateful - 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" decisive - determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence" |
| 2. | fateful - ominously prophetic prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" | |
| 3. | fateful - (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" unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" | |
| 4. | fateful - controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" inevitable - incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result" |
fateful
adjective 1. crucial, important, significant, critical, decisive, momentous, portentous << OPPOSITE unimportant
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