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   fateful

   /ˈfeɪtf(ʊ)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

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • F

     4

   • U

     1

   • L

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