star-crossed

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star-crossed

/ˈstɑːˌkɹɒst/ UK
/ˈstɑɹˌkɹɔst/ US
/ˈstɑɹˌkɹɑst/ cot caught merger

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From star + crossed. Coined by William Shakespeare in 1597 in Romeo and Juliet, see quotations.

adjective more star-crossed · most star-crossed · starcrossed · star-cross

idiomatic Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”. The star-crossed lovers looked into each other's eyes, before dying.
Similar: ill-starred, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal, foreboding, ill-boding, ill-fated

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adj ill-fated by destiny

Español	desventurado, malhadado, malfadado (desus.)
日本語	薄幸 hakkō, 薄運 hakuun
Deutsch	unsternbedroht, unterm Unglücksstern geboren
Русский	злополу́чный zlopolúčnyj, злосча́стный zlosčástnyj

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@misc{star_crossed_2026,
  title = {star-crossed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/star-crossed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}