Life is a fatal sexually transmitted disease.
Source: tatoeba (1871)
Fatal
//ˈfeɪ.təl//
Synonyms for "fatal" (258 found)
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Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (77)
deathfuldecreeddemolishingdemolitionarydepredatorydepresseddesireddesolatingdestinaldestineddestroyingdestructivedetermineddevastatingdevoteddiceydiredisastrousdonsiedoomed
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doomfuldreadfulearnestemergentessentialeventualevil-starredextrapolatedfatalityfatedfatidicferalfinalflukyforedoomedforeordainedformidableforthcomingfortuitousfortunelessfratricidalfunestfuturefuturisticgravegrievoushaplessharmfulheavyhereafterhoped forhoped-forhopelessiffyill offill-fatedill-offill-starredimminentimposing
Adjective(15 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (129)
in adverse circumstancesin storein the cardsinauspiciousincidentalincurableindeterminateineluctableinescapableinternecinekillinglaterlethalitylucklessmaleficmaleficentmalignmalignancymalignantmarked
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mischievousmortalmortalitymurderousnearingnecessarynihilistnihilisticnoxiousnessominousordainedout of luckperniciousperniciousnesspestilentpestilentialplanet-struckplannedplottedpoisonouspoisonousnessportentouspredestinedpredeterminedpredictedpreordainedprobableprojectedprophesiedprospectiveravagingriskyruiningruinoussadsavageself-destructiveserioussevereshort of lucksinistersobersolemnstar crossedstar-crossedsubversionarysubversivesuicidalto cometo-betoxictragicultimateunavoidableunblesseduncausedunderprivilegedundeterminedunexpectedunforeseeableunforeseenunfortunateunhappyunlooked forunlooked-forunluckyunpredictableunprosperousunprovidentialvandalicvandalishvandalisticvirulencevirulentwastefulwastingweightywitheringwreckfulwritten
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- fatal adj (proceeding from fate)
- fatal adj (causing death)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θανάσιμος adj (causing death)
Arabic
2 entries- قَاتِل adj (causing death)
- مُمِيت adj (causing death)
Bulgarian
3 entries- смъртоносен adj (causing death)
- съдбоносен adj (proceeding from fate)
- фатален adj (proceeding from fate)
Catalan
3 entries- fatal adj (proceeding from fate)
- fatal adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
Czech
3 entries- osudný adj (foreboding death)
- osudný adj (causing death)
- osudový adj (proceeding from fate)
Dutch
3 entries- fataal adj (proceeding from fate)
- fataal adj (foreboding death)
- fataal adj (causing death)
Esperanto
2 entries- fatala adj (proceeding from fate)
- mortiga adj (causing death)
Finnish
4 entries- fataali adj (causing death)
- fataali adj (computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program)
- kohtalokas adj (proceeding from fate)
- kohtalokas adj (foreboding death)
French
3 entries- fatal adj (proceeding from fate)
- fatal adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
Galician
3 entries- fatal adj (proceeding from fate)
- fatal adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
German
4 entries- fatal adj (proceeding from fate)
- tödlich adj (foreboding death)
- tödlich adj (causing death)
- verhängnisvoll adj (proceeding from fate)
Hebrew
1 entries- קטלני adj (causing death)
Ido
1 entries- fatala adj (proceeding from fate)
Indonesian
2 entries- fatal adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
Italian
3 entries- fatale adj (proceeding from fate)
- fatale adj (foreboding death)
- fatale adj (causing death)
Japanese
3 entries- 命取りの adj (causing death)
- 宿命的な adj (proceeding from fate)
- 致死の adj (causing death)
Latin
4 entries- exitiālis adj (causing death)
- fatalis adj (proceeding from fate)
- lētālis adj (causing death)
- mortifer adj (foreboding death)
Latvian
2 entries- nāvējošs adj (causing death)
- nāvīgs adj (causing death)
Macedonian
1 entries- смртоносен adj (causing death)
Mongolian
1 entries- үйлтэй adj (proceeding from fate)
Māori
1 entries- whakamate adj (causing death)
Norwegian
4 entries- fatal adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
- skjebnebestemt adj (proceeding from fate)
- skjebnesvanger adj (foreboding death)
Polish
1 entries- fatalny adj (proceeding from fate)
Portuguese
3 entries- fatal adj (proceeding from fate)
- fatal adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
Russian
4 entries- роково́й adj (proceeding from fate)
- роково́й adj (foreboding death)
- роково́й adj (causing death)
- смерте́льный adj (causing death)
Slovene
4 entries- smrtonosen adj (causing death)
- usoden adj (proceeding from fate)
- usoden adj (foreboding death)
- usoden adj (causing death)
Spanish
4 entries- fatal adj (proceeding from fate)
- fatal adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
- mortal adj (causing death)
Swedish
4 entries- dödlig adj (causing death)
- dödsbringande adj (foreboding death)
- fatal adj (causing death)
- kritisk adj (computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program)
Turkish
4 entries- kaçınılmaz adj (proceeding from fate)
- kritik adj (computing: causing a sudden end to the running of a program)
- mukadder adj (proceeding from fate)
- ölümcül adj (causing death)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The strong yen was a fatal blow to the company.
Source: tatoeba (25949)
The slightest mistake may lead to a fatal disaster.
Source: tatoeba (29128)
The scandal was fatal to his political future.
Source: tatoeba (50301)
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