fate Definition

fate
noun

1. The apparent power that determines the course of events, over which humans have no control.

Thesaurus: providence, predestination, fortune, chance, divine will, stars.
Form: Fate (also)
2. The individual destiny or fortune of a person or thing; what happens to someone or something.

Thesaurus: fortune, karma, lot, destiny, future.
3. Ultimate outcome.
4. Death, downfall, destruction or doom.

Thesaurus: ruin, doom, end, downfall, nemesis.

Idiom: a fate worse than death

facetious
A gruesome or unpleasant situation.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin fatum that which has been spoken, ie by an oracle.