fateful

/fˈeɪtfəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- Saturday Rev
   “that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea”
2. ominously prophetic
3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin- Charles Darwin- Douglas MacArthur
   “the stock market crashed on Black Friday”
4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
   “a fatal series of events”

Synonyms for fateful

• fatal
• decisive
• foreboding
• portentous
• prophetic
• black
• calamitous
• disastrous
• unfortunate
• inevitable

Words that rhyme with fateful

• grateful
• hateful
• ungrateful