All fateful synonyms
fate·ful
F f adj fateful
- significant — important; of consequence.
- decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- momentous — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- fatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- cataclysmic — A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- acute — An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.
- apocalyptic — Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.
- conclusive — Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true.
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- direful — dreadful; awful; terrible.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- ominous — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- determinative — able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
- doomful — foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- lethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- mortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
adjective fateful
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
- eventful — Marked by interesting or exciting events.
- unlucky — (of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.
- unfortunate — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- tragic — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
- ill-fated — destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.