fateful

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.