Definition of fateful Fateful
/fejˈtfʌl/ - [feytful] - fate•ful
We found 9 definitions of fateful from 4 different sources.
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What does fateful mean?
WordNet
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| fateful - ominously prophetic | ||
| foreboding, portentous | ||
| prophetic, prophetical foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" | ||
| fateful - having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived" | ||
| fatal | ||
| fateful - (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "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"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" | ||
| black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal | ||
| unfortunate unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech" | ||
| fateful - controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" | ||
| fatal | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fateful (Adjective)
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate. - fateful (Adjective)
Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fateful (a. .)
Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. - fateful (a. .)
Significant of fate; ominous.
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fateful
Causing great distress or injury; bringing ruin.
