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English adjective: fateful

1. fateful having momentous consequences; of decisive importance


SamplesThat fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea.
The fatal day of the election finally arrived.


Synonymsfatal


Similardecisive


Antonymsindecisive

2. fateful ominously prophetic


Synonymsforeboding, portentous


Similarprophetic, prophetical


Antonymsunprophetic

3. fateful (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin


SamplesThe 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.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
A fateful error.


Synonymsblack, calamitous, disastrous, fatal


Similarunfortunate


Antonymsfortunate

4. fateful controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined


SamplesA fatal series of events.


Synonymsfatal


Similarinevitable


Antonymsavertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable









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