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Fateful Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fateful? [adj] controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" [adj] 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" [adj] (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" [adj] of ominous significance Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fateful: black \| calamitous \| decisive \| disastrous \| fatal \| foreboding(a) \| inevitable \| portentous \| prophetic \| prophetical \| unfortunate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fateful: acute \| apocalyptic \| appointed \| awe-inspiring \| bad \| baleful \| baneful \| black \| bodeful \| boding \| calamitous \| cataclysmal \| cataclysmic \| catastrophic \| certain \| conclusive \| consequential \| consuming \| consumptive \| critical \| crucial \| dark \| deadly \| decisive \| demolishing \| demolitionary \| depredatory \| desolating \| destined \| destroying \| destructive \| determinative \| devastating \| devoted \| dire \| direful \| disastrous \| doomed \| doomful \| dreary \| earnest \| evil \| evil-starred \| fatal \| fated \| foreboding \| foredoomed \| formidable \| fratricidal \| gloomy \| grave \| heavy \| ill \| ill-boding \| ill-fated \| ill-omened \| ill-starred \| important \| imposing \| in store \| in the cards \| inauspicious \| indefeasible \| ineluctable \| inescapable \| inevasible \| inevitable \| inexorable \| inflexible \| internecine \| irresistible \| irrevocable \| lethal \| lowering \| major \| marked \| menacing \| momentous \| necessary \| nihilist \| nihilistic \| of evil portent \| ominous \| ordained \| pivotal \| portending \| portentous \| ravaging \| relentless \| resistless \| ruining \| ruinous \| self-destructive \| serious \| significant \| sinister \| sober \| solemn \| somber \| subversionary \| subversive \| suicidal \| sure \| sure as death \| sure as fate \| threatening \| unavoidable \| uncontrollable \| undeflectable \| unfavorable \| unfortunate \| unlucky \| unpreventable \| unpromising \| unpropitious \| unstoppable \| untoward \| unyielding \| vandalic \| vandalish \| vandalistic \| wasteful \| wasting \| weighty \| withering \| written See Also \| Fateful In Webster's Dictionary \Fate"ful\, a. . Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. ``The fateful steel.'' --J. Barlow. 2. Significant of fate; ominous. The fateful cawings of the crow. --Longfellow. -- {Fate"fully}, adv.- {Fate"fulness}, n.

Fateful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fateful?

[adj] controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"
[adj] 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"
[adj] (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"
[adj] of ominous significance

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Fateful In Webster's Dictionary

\Fate"ful\, a. .
Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. ``The
fateful steel.'' --J. Barlow.

2. Significant of fate; ominous.

         The fateful cawings of the crow.      --Longfellow.
   -- {Fate"ful*ly}, adv.- {Fate"ful*ness}, n.

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