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Fateful
/ˈfeɪtfəl/
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
📖 Definitions of "Fateful"
adjective
- 1
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
"It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards."
- 2
Determined in advance by fate, fated.
🔄 Synonyms of "Fateful"
11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| portentous | Of momentous or ominous significance. |
| blacknoun | (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. |
| decisive | Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. |
| unfortunatenoun | Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune. |
| forebodingnoun | A sense of evil to come. |
| calamitous | Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. |
| fatalnoun | Causing death or destruction. |
| prophetic | Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet. |
| disastrous | Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. |
| prophetical | prophetic |
| inevitablenoun | Impossible to avoid or prevent. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fateful"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fatal | Causing death or destruction. |
| portentous | Of momentous or ominous significance. |
| foreboding | Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty. |
| prophetical | prophetic |
| prophetic | Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet. |
| decisive | Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. |
| inevitable | Impossible to avoid or prevent. |
| calamitous | Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. |
| disastrous | Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. |
| black | (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. |
| unfortunate | Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune. |
| ominous | Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen |
| baleful | Portending evil; ominous. |
| crucial | Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital. |
| destinationnoun | (countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at. |
| momentous | Outstanding in importance, of great consequence. |
| make-or-break | Resulting in either success or failure. |
| catastrophic | Disastrous; ruinous. |
| dire | Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. |
| life-threatening | Potentially fatal. |
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