Antonyms for fatal


Grammar : Adj
Spell : feyt-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪt l


Definition of fatal

Origin :
  • late 14c., "decreed by fate," from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate," from fatum (see fate (n.)); sense of "causing death" is early 15c.
  • adj deadly, lethal
  • adj critical, very important
Example sentences :
  • It is impossible to doubt that this passion is fatal to more than the purse.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Janet, be it remembered, lacked but two years of the fatal age.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Dreaming wanes into sentimentalism, and sentimentalism is fatal to action.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • There was certainly about this man a fatal charm which concealed his vices.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The slave states are learning this truth by fatal experience.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • It was there and then this fatal epidemic first appeared in the United States.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Cornish, who held nothing in his hands, knew that he was at a fatal disadvantage.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Even if we had such a right, it would be a fatal mistake to exercise it.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • But I must be calm, and explain the progress of this fatal passion.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I know these fatal truths; too well I feel my approaching doom.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for fatal

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