Meaning of fatal in English
Classifying Adjective
fatalDefinitions
1. having momentous consequencesExamples
- « of decisive importance »
- « that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea- Saturday Rev »
- « the fatal day of the election finally arrived »
Synonyms
- 2. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
Examples
- « bringing ruin »
- « the stock market crashed on Black Friday »
- « a calamitous defeat »
- « the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign »
- « such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fata »
Synonyms
- 3. controlled or decreed by fate
Examples
- « predetermined »
- « a fatal series of events »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
fatalEtymology
late Middle English (in the senses ‘destined by fate’ and ‘ominous’): from Old French, or from Latin fatalis, from fatum (see fate)Definitions
1. bringing deathSynonyms
Antonyms