fateful (
http://definr.com/fateful)
adj 1: having momentous consequences; 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" [syn:
fatal]
2: of ominous significance [syn:
foreboding(a),
portentous]
3: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire
consequences; 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 fatal to my theory"- Charles
Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to
win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn:
black,
calamitous,
disastrous,
fatal]
4: controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal
series of events" [syn:
fatal]