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English adjective: fateful | |||
| 1. | fateful having momentous consequences; of decisive importance | ||
| Samples | That fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea. The fatal day of the election finally arrived. | ||
| Synonyms | fatal | ||
| Similar | decisive | ||
| Antonyms | indecisive | ||
| 2. | fateful ominously prophetic | ||
| Synonyms | foreboding, portentous | ||
| Similar | prophetic, prophetical | ||
| Antonyms | unprophetic | ||
| 3. | fateful (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||
| Samples | 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. It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. A fateful error. | ||
| Synonyms | black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal | ||
| Similar | unfortunate | ||
| Antonyms | fortunate | ||
| 4. | fateful controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||
| Samples | A fatal series of events. | ||
| Synonyms | fatal | ||
| Similar | inevitable | ||
| Antonyms | avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable | ||
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