[fate.ful] adj (ca. 1720) 1: having a quality of ominous prophecy "a ~ remark"
2. a: involving momentous consequences: decisive "made his ~ decision to declare war --W. L. Shirer" b: deadly, catastrophic
3: controlled by fate: foreordained syn see ominous -- fate.ful.ly adv -- fate.ful.ness n