fateful
adjective
having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous.
fatefulness
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a word derived from
fateful.
Example Sentences
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After this jaunty opening, the mood of the ballet darkened to one of mystery and fatefulness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
That certainty wanes, but the sense of thwarted fatefulness, and of a nagging missed opportunity, rises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
The fatefulness of their climb haunts many million others.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2012
But Bonnie and Clyde's humor, excitement and sense of fatefulness are woefully absent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Something of fatefulness, something of solemn realization, of steadfast fortitude, had taken its place.
From The Bars of Iron by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
