befalling
Coming upon someone
Befalling is the present participle of befall, meaning to happen to someone, especially something unwelcome or momentous: unaware of the disaster befalling the town, the fate befalling those who resist.
The word carries a sense of events arriving from outside one's control, often with ominous overtones.
Event in progress
- incidentA distinct event
- eventA notable occurrence
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
calamity · tragedy · disaster · catastrophe · crisis · affliction · tribulation · ordeal
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
inevitability · fortune · lot · karma · nemesis · ordained · fated · destined
happening
Event in progress
misfortune · calamity · tragedy · disaster · catastrophe · crisis · affliction · tribulation · ordeal · adversity
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
predestination · inevitability · fortune · lot · karma · nemesis · ordained · fated · destined · inescapable
- happeningshappenings, happening, event, occurrence, events
befallinginitiating
Causing to start
choosing · engineering · bringing about · orchestrating · willing
befallingblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
gracing · favoring · rewarding · benefiting · prospering
befallingaverting
Preventing by action
preventing · avoiding · escaping · evading · forestalling
fall, fell, fallen, falling, falls, befall, befallen, befalls, befell