adj.

1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous: a fateful decision to counterattack.
2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.
4. Ominously prophetic; portentous: a fateful sign.

fatefully fate'ful·ly adv.
fatefulness fate'ful·ness n.

adjective

1. So critically decisive as to affect the future: fatal, momentous. See decide/hesitate.
2. Governed and decided by or as if by fate: fated. See certain/uncertain.
3. Causing ruin or destruction: calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, disastrous, fatal, ruinous. See help/harm/harmless.
4. Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fire-and-brimstone, grave², hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See luck/misfortune/chance, warn/invite.

adj

Definition: deadly
Antonyms: healthful, healthy, life-giving

adj

Definition: significant
Antonyms: insignificant, unimportant

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IN BRIEF: Having serious results.

Our likes and dislikes exert a fateful influence upon both our own happiness and our value to others. — Edward O. Sisson.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skæbnesvanger, afgørende, dødbringende

Nederlands (Dutch)
beslissend, voorbeschikt, profetisch, noodlottig

Français (French)
adj. - fatal, fatidique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schicksalsschwer, unheilverkündend, schicksalhaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποφασιστικός, κρίσιμος, προφητικός

Italiano (Italian)
fatale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - profético

Русский (Russian)
роковой, решающий, пророческий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - decisivo, fatídico, fatal, profético

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ödesdiger, ödesbestämd, dödande, profetisk (litt.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
宿命的, 决定性的, 重大的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 宿命的, 決定性的, 重大的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 결정적인 , 치명적인 , 숙명적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 運命を決する, 予言的な, 不吉な, 致命的な, 宿命的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشؤوم , فاجع , مميت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גורלי, חשוב, מכריע, עשוי לגרום לאסון, נבואי‬

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