verhängnisvoll — meaning in English
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English meaning
- disastrous adj Causing great damage or harm; having the nature of a disaster.
- fatal adj Causing death.
- fateful adj Having major, often life-changing, consequences.
- ominous adj Suggesting that something bad is about to happen; threatening or foreboding.
Senses
verhängnisvoll is used for these senses in English:
- disastrous Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
- fatal (rare, archaic) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- fateful Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
- ill-fated unlucky; doomed.
- ominous Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
fatal — full definition
- adj Causing death.
- adj Causing serious harm, ruin, or failure, especially to a plan or process.
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