adj. Function: adjective
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Synonyms: DEADLY 1, deathly, lethal, mortal, mortiferous, pestilent, pestilential
2 bringing on an adverse fate FF1C; to accept his word was a fatal mistake FF1E;
Synonyms: calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, disastrous, fateful, ruinous
Related Words: baneful, pernicious; baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign, sinister; ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky
Contrasted Words: advantageous, beneficial, profitable; auspicious, benign, favorable, propitious