Parents try not to think about it, hoping that if they blot the children out, the fateful call or cable will never come.
Source: tatoeba (269754)
Fateful
//ˈfeɪtfəl//
Synonyms for "fateful" (177 found)
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Related words (88)
ineluctableinescapableinevasibleinexorableinflexibleinternecineirresistibleirrevocablelethalloweringmajormarkedmenacingmomentousmonstrousnecessarynihilistnihilisticof evil portentominous
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ordainedpivotalportendingravagingrelentlessresistlessruiningruinousself-destructiveserioussignificantsinistersobersolemnsombersubversionarysubversivesuicidalsuresure as deathsure as fatethreateningunavoidableuncontrollableundeflectableunfavorableunfortunateunluckyunpreventableunpromisingunpropitiousunstoppableuntowardunyieldingvandalicvandalishvandalisticwastefulwastingweightywitheringwritten
Adjective(25 words)
innegligiblekeylife-or-deathmeaningfulnecessarynotednoticeableobservableoutstandingparamountpertinentpivotalpredestinedpredevotepreordainedrelevantremarkablesalientsignificanttop of mind
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Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حَاسِم adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- مَصِيرِيّ adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- taleyüklü adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- неизбежен adj (determined in advance by fate, fated)
- предопределен adj (determined in advance by fate, fated)
- съдбовен adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- съдбоносен adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Czech
2 entries- osudný adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- osudový adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Danish
1 entries- skæbnesvanger adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Dutch
1 entries- noodlottig adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Finnish
1 entries- kohtalokas adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
French
2 entries- décisif adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- fatidique adj (determined in advance by fate, fated)
German
3 entries- schicksalhaft adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- verhängnisvoll adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- vorbestimmt adj (determined in advance by fate, fated)
Italian
1 entries- fatidico adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Latin
2 entries- fatidicus adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- fatidicus adj (determined in advance by fate, fated)
Māori
1 entries- aituā adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Polish
3 entries- doniosły adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- nieuchronny adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- rozstrzygający adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Portuguese
1 entries- fatídico adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Russian
2 entries- роково́й adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
- судьбоно́сный adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Spanish
1 entries- funesto adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Swedish
3 entries- förutbestämd adj (determined in advance by fate, fated)
- ödesbestämd adj (determined in advance by fate, fated)
- ödesdiger adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Ukrainian
1 entries- долено́сний adj (momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Under Bouteflika, Algeria made many fateful economic errors.
Source: tatoeba (8566331)
In what would prove to be a fateful decision, he and his wife enjoyed brunch at a fancy resort.
Source: tatoeba (8642058)
Yanni made a fateful decision.
Source: tatoeba (9388015)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.