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fateful
adjective
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Divide fateful into syllables:

fate · ful

How to pronounce fateful:

Definition of fateful:

fateful (adjective):
having a quality of ominous prophecy
having important, and usually disastrous, consequences
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance.

Synonyms for fateful:

calamitous
cataclysmic
catastrophic
critical
crucial
damning
decisive
destructive
disastrous
fatal
important
momentous
portentous
ruinous
significant
unfortunate

Antonyms for fateful:

commonplace
de minimis
dull
empty-headed
exiguous
extraneous
feather-brained
fiddling
flimsy
foolish
footling
frivolous
healthful
healthy
humdrum
immaterial
impertinent
inconsequential
inconsiderable
inessential
insignificant
insubstantial
irrelevant
life-giving
lightweight
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