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1. fateful
adjective. ['ˈfeɪtfəl'] having momentous consequences; of decisive importance.
Synonyms
- fatal
Antonyms
- lucky
- successful
Etymology
- -ful (English)
- fate (English)
- fata (Latin)
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Rhymes with Fateful
- ungrateful
- grateful
- hateful
Sentences with fateful
1. Adjective
Be prepared to let it go when the time comes, but keep it healthy until that fateful day.
Quotes about fateful
1. We all have such fateful objects -- it may be a recurrent landscape in one case, a number in another -- carefully chosen by the gods to attract events of specific significance for us: here shall John always stumble; there shall Jane's heart always break.
- Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
2. fateful
adjective. ['ˈfeɪtfəl'] controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined.
Synonyms
- inevitable
Antonyms
- achiever
- privileged
Etymology
- -ful (English)
- fate (English)
- fata (Latin)
3. fateful
adjective. ['ˈfeɪtfəl'] ominously prophetic.
Synonyms
- foreboding
- prophetical
- prophetic
Antonyms
- nonfatal
- chromatic color
- white
- whiten
Etymology
- -ful (English)
- fate (English)
- fata (Latin)
4. fateful
adjective. ['ˈfeɪtfəl'] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.
Synonyms
- disastrous
- fatal
- black
- calamitous
Antonyms
- auspicious
- inauspiciousness
- unpropitiousness
- felicitous
Etymology
- -ful (English)
- fate (English)
- fata (Latin)