Meaning & Definition of Fateful in English
English⟶
Fateful
/fetfəl/
adjective
1. 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"
synonym:
- fateful,
- fatal
2. Ominously prophetic
synonym:
- fateful,
- foreboding(a),
- portentous
3. (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"
synonym:
- black,
- calamitous,
- disastrous,
- fatal,
- fateful
4. Controlled or decreed by fate
- Predetermined
- "A fatal series of events"
synonym:
- fatal,
- fateful