fateful
having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
fatal, deadly, or disastrous.
controlled or determined by destiny; inexorable.
prophetic; ominous.
Origin of fateful
1synonym study For fateful
Other words from fateful
- fate·ful·ly, adverb
- fate·ful·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with fateful
- fatal, fateful
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How to use fateful in a sentence
Another peculiarity that may be briefly alluded to as eminently characteristic of the Sagas is their fatefulness.
Eric Brighteyes | H. Rider HaggardIt is that fact, the fact of his destiny and his fatefulness, that succeeding generations have instinctively recognised.'
Sir William Wallace | A. F. MurisonTo most of the Northerners the fatefulness of the step was not obvious.
Lincoln | Nathaniel Wright StephensonHe realized its importance; but the feeling of its fatefulness had utterly gone.
The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward WhiteTo say this is to acknowledge the fatefulness of sheer feeling.
Abraham Lincoln and the Union | Nathaniel W. Stephenson
British Dictionary definitions for fateful
/ (ˈfeɪtfʊl) /
having important consequences; decisively important
bringing death or disaster
controlled by or as if by fate
prophetic
Derived forms of fateful
- fatefully, adverb
- fatefulness, noun
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