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Fateful

Verb / ˈfeɪtfʌl / Another word for fateful — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

having important consequences; decisive

Synonyms & similar words

disastrous fatal foreboding black calamitous portentous decisive critical inevitable momentous significant consequential pivotal crucial serious grave weighty portentous ominous prophetic foreboding doomed unavoidable inevitable preordained destined

Example sentences

  1. The fateful day finally arrived when she had to say goodbye to her best friend.
  2. The fateful meeting between the two leaders determined the outcome of the war.
  3. The fateful decision to trust the wrong person cost him his job.
  4. The fateful trip to the park ended in a surprising discovery.
  5. The fateful phone call changed her life forever.

Quotes

  • 'Our fateful hour is here. We cannot avoid it. The world will know that the Nazis lost the war.' - Adolf Hitler
  • 'Every moment is fateful, every decision a destiny-forming one.' - Friedrich Nietzsche
  • 'The fateful events of our time call for the strengthening of the United Nations as the instrument of world peace and the center of the hopes and inspirations of all mankind.' - Haile Selassie

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