fateful

[US]/'feɪtfʊl/
[UK]/'fetfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. significant, having a great impact, disastrous
adv. inevitably
n. destiny

Phrases & Collocations

fateful decision

fateful encounter

fateful event

Example Sentences

a fateful decision to counterattack.

I relive that fateful day over and over in my mind.

those killed in the hail of bullets fired on that fateful day

Seconds after uttering the fateful words ‘this is easy’, he crashed.

a fateful twist of fate

Real-world Examples

And what about Strange's fateful car crash?

Source: Selected Film and Television News

This art installation mimics the blue sky on that fateful morning.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2020

One year, as the fateful day approached, an old beggar entered the village.

Source: Festival Comprehensive Record

If I cross the Rubicon, I have made a fateful and final decision.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

Her birth mother, Barbara Wright, was 26 that fateful day at Penn Station.

Source: Reader's Digest Anthology

Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.

Source: Past exam papers for the English major level 4 reading section.

But as the crunch vote nears, MPs must consider how to approach this fateful question.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Anyway, you get the picture, let's now talk about what happened on that fateful day.

Source: Popular Science Essays

If you happened to summit Everest on this fateful day, you would be vaporised in seconds.

Source: If there is a if.

Khalid Payenda served as finance minister for just 6 fateful months the start of this year.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2021

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