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fateful
('f/eI/tf/@/l )

adjective (a)

  • Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance(adj.all)
    Example:
    That fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea.
    Synonym:
    fatal
    source: wordnet30
  • ominously prophetic(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    foreboding, portentous
    source: wordnet30
  • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin(adj.all)
    Example:
    A fateful error.
    Synonym:
    black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal
    source: wordnet30
  • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30
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