star-crossed

star-crossed
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
: not favored by the stars : ill-fated

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/stahr"krawst', -krost'/, adj.
thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
[1585-95]

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starˈ-crossed or (archaic) starˈ-crost adjective
1. Thwarted by the stars
2. Ill-fated
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Main Entry: ↑star

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star-crossed UK US adjective literary
Etymology
From a phrase at the beginning of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet , describing the main characters.
continuously affected by bad luck

star-crossed lovers

Thesaurus: bad luck and relating to bad lucksynonym luck and luckinesshyponym

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star-crossed «STAHR KRST, -KROST», adjective.
born under an evil star; ill-fated: »

So the star-crossed lovers and the perplexed older people moved step by step into tragedy (New York Times).

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adj. poetic/literary (of a person or a plan) thwarted by bad luck

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/ˈstɑɚˌkrɑːst/ adj
: not lucky : having bad luck

star-crossed lovers

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ˈstar-crossed f10 adjective (literary)
not able to be happy because of bad luck or ↑fate

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Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet

 
Word Origin:
[star-crossed] first used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1597).

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