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fateful
[ feyt-fuhl ]
adjective
- having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous:
a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- fatal, deadly, or disastrous.
- controlled or determined by destiny; inexorable.
- prophetic; ominous.
fateful
/ ˈڱɪٴʊ /
adjective
- having important consequences; decisively important
- bringing death or disaster
- controlled by or as if by fate
- prophetic
Derived Forms
- ˈڲٱڳܱԱ, noun
- ˈڲٱڳܱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ڲٱfܱ· adverb
- ڲٱfܱ·Ա noun
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She said the details of what happened that fateful day in Haverfordwest had "led to much frustration, disappointment and ultimately anger in how things played out".
Leaving her sister at home on that fateful June morning, Jane was enjoying her new job in retirement delivering Betterware catalogues.
His fateful choice that day — rescuing, or some might say stealing, a precious painting of a goldfinch — brings him solace.
"That fateful Sunday morning at half seven when we realised something awful had happened, we were beyond upset," she said.
But since that fateful launch, several thousand other satellites have made their way into orbit, with many, many more on their way.
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