Fateful Definition

fātfəl
adjective
Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous.
A fateful decision to counterattack.
American Heritage
Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
American Heritage
Revealing what is to come; prophetic.
Webster's New World
Having important consequences; often, specif., bringing death or destruction.
Webster's New World

Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.

It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.
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Origin of Fateful

  • fate +‎ -ful

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Fateful Sentence Examples

  • By this fateful decision Napoleon's fall was assured.

  • Since that fateful day, she'd sworn never to share herself with anyone.

  • The year 1824 was destined to be a fateful one for the Greek cause.

  • The score against him reached the fateful sum of forty-three thousand.

  • The Reformation was a fateful epoch in the history of church architecture.

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Words Starting With

FFAFAT

Words Ending With

LULFUL

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Words Starting With F and Ending With L

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With L