adjective
- having important and often negative consequences; decisive or momentous
- controlled by fate or destiny
Usage: literary
Examples
- The fateful decision to ignore the weather warnings led to disaster.
- That fateful night changed everything for our family.
- The general made a fateful choice that would determine the outcome of the war.
- It was a fateful meeting that brought the two future partners together.
- The fateful telegram arrived just as they were celebrating.
- Her fateful words echoed in his mind for years to come.