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Meaning of fatal in English
Pronunciation
/ˈfeɪdl/
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Classifying Adjective
fatal
Definitions
1.
having momentous consequences
Examples
« 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
decisive
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
unfortunate
3.
controlled or decreed by fate
Examples
« predetermined »
« a fatal series of events »
Synonyms
inevitable
Qualitative Adjective
fatal
Etymology
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 death
Synonyms
deadly
deathly
mortal
deadly
lethal
terminal
Antonyms
nonfatal