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   Fate·ful

   /ˈfātf(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications: "a fateful oversight" Similar decisivedeterminingcriticalcrucialpivotalmomentousimportantof great importanceall-importantkeysignificantfar-reachinghistoricweightyconsequentialof great consequenceepoch-makingportentousapocalypticinformal:earth-shatteringworld-shatteringearth-shakingworld-shakingdisastrousruinouscalamitouscataclysmicdevastatingdestructivetragicawfulterribleharmfulfataldeadlyOpposite trivialunimportant

   Derivatives

   • 1. fatefully adverb
   • 2. fatefulness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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