Found 2 items, similar to fateful.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fateful fateful adj 1: having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; “that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea”- Saturday Rev; “the fatal day of the election finally arrived” [syn: fatal] 2: of ominous significance [syn: foreboding(a), portentous] 3: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; “the stock market crashed on Black Friday”; “a calamitous defeat”; “the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign”; “such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory”- Charles Darwin; “it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it”- Douglas MacArthur; “a fateful error” [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal] 4: controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; “a fatal series of events” [syn: fatal]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fateful Fateful \Fate"ful\, a. . Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. “The fateful steel.” --J. Barlow. [1913 Webster] 2. Significant of fate; ominous. [1913 Webster] The fateful cawings of the crow. --Longfellow. -- Fate"ful*ly, adv.- Fate"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]