Fateful

/ˈfeɪt.fəl/

Meaning & Definition

adjective

Having significant consequences or implications; decisive.

The fateful decision to abandon the project led to its ultimate failure.

Determined in advance; destined.

The meeting felt like a fateful encounter that would change their lives forever.

Associated with fate; ominous or foreboding.

They could not escape the fateful storm that was approaching their town.

Derived from the word 'fate' with the suffix '-ful' added to indicate 'full of' or 'having the quality of'.

fateful decision

A decision that has significant and often disastrous consequences.

fateful encounter

A meeting that has important or dire implications.

fate

The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.

fatal

Causing death; deadly.