Entry Word: fatal

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 bringing about ruin or misfortune <I made the fatal mistake of sharing my secret with the schoolʼs biggest blabbermouth>

Synonyms calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, destructive, disastrous, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate

Related Words hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

Near Antonyms fluky, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, lucky, providential; auspicious, bright, encouraging, golden, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious

2 likely to cause or capable of causing death <that snakeʼs venom is fatal unless the victim is given the antidote almost immediately> — see deadly