Definition of Fateful in English :

Define Fateful in English

Fateful meaning in English

Meaning of Fateful in English

Pronunciation of Fateful in English

Fateful pronunciation in English

Pronounce Fateful in English

Fateful

see synonyms of fateful

Adjective

1. fatal, fateful

having momentous consequences; of decisive importance

Example Sentences:
'that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea'
'the fatal day of the election finally arrived'

2. fateful, foreboding, portentous

ominously prophetic

3. black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

Example Sentences:
'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'
'it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it'
'a fateful error'

4. fatal, fateful

controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

Example Sentences:
'a fatal series of events'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fateful

see synonyms of fateful
adjective
1. 
having important consequences; decisively important
2. 
bringing death or disaster
3. 
controlled by or as if by fate
4. 
prophetic

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers


Fateful

see synonyms of fateful
adjective
1. 
revealing what is to come; prophetic
2. 
having important consequences; significant; decisive
3. 
controlled as if by fate
4.  Obsolete
bringing death or destruction

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Fateful

see synonyms of fateful
adj.
1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous: a fateful decision to counterattack.
2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.
4. Ominously prophetic; portentous: a fateful sign.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.