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Fateful

//ˈfeɪtfəl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

    "It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards."

  2. 2
    Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Adjective
  1. 1
    controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined wordnet
  2. 2
    having momentous consequences; of decisive importance wordnet
  3. 3
    (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin wordnet
  4. 4
    ominously prophetic wordnet

Etymology

From fate + -ful.

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