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Detailed Synonyms for fateful in English

fateful:

fateful adj

  1. fateful
  2. fateful
    – controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined 1
    fatal; fateful
    – controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined 1
  3. fateful
    – having momentous consequences; of decisive importance 1
    fatal; fateful
    – having momentous consequences; of decisive importance 1
    • fatal adj
      • the fatal day of the election finally arrived1
    • fateful adj
      • that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea1
  4. fateful
    – (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin 1
    black; disastrous; fatal; fateful; calamitous
    – (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin 1
    • black adj
    • disastrous adj
      • the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign1
    • fatal adj
      • such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory1
      • it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it1
    • fateful adj
      • a fateful error1
    • calamitous adj
      • a calamitous defeat1
  5. fateful
    – ominously prophetic 1
    fateful; foreboding; portentous
    – ominously prophetic 1

fateful

  1. fateful

Related Words for "fateful":

  • fatefulness, fatefully

Alternate Synonyms for "fateful":


Related Definitions for "fateful":

  1. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined1
  2. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance1
    • that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea1
  3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin1
    • a fateful error1
  4. ominously prophetic1