fateful
fateful
Definition
fate·ful (-fəl)
adjective
- revealing what is to come; prophetic
- having important consequences; significant; decisive
- controlled as if by fate
- Obsolete bringing death or destruction
fate′·fully adverb
fate′·ful·ness noun
fateful
Synonyms
fateful
modif.
Momentous
portentous, critical, decisive; see crucial, ominous.Fatal
destructive, ruinous, lethal; see deadly 1, destructive 2. See syn. study at ominous.
fateful
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- potentially: Even where the facts are incorrect, failing to act rapidly to counter bad publicity can lead to potentially fateful results.
Modifies a noun
- voyage: Queenstown was her last port of call on her fateful maiden voyage.
- night: At midnight, on one fateful night 29 years ago, an under water electric cable snaps causing a total blackout on the island.
- encounter: He left on 20 October, but returned on 15 July 1650 on his way to the fateful encounter with the Scots at Dunbar.
- day: Finally, the fateful day - I was to start training.
- journey: Whatever he said, the Queen of Cups begins her fateful journey to financial loss on her own.
- morning: The former Olympic swimming champion was just an ordinary member of the public one fateful morning in February 2000.
Used with adjective complement
- prove: That these three happened to be to club's top league goal scorers was to prove fateful.
Browse dictionary entries near fateful
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- Fatah
- Fates
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- fathead
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- father
- Father Christmas
- father confessor
- father-in-law
- Father's Day
- Father Time
