star-crossed
[ stahr-krawst, -krost ]
Synonyms for star-crossed
- catastrophic
- cursed
- damned
- disastrous
- ill-fated
- ill-omened
- ill-starred
- jinxed
- luckless
- misfortunate
- unfortunate
- unlucky
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This was but the beginning of the tragedy of this pair of star-crossed lovers.
Star-crossed always, doomed, fated always to be upset by such unforeseen evil chances!
Many at the baptizing remembered the first meeting of the two star-crossed lovers one autumn day long ago on Blackberry Creek.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR STAR-CROSSED
- bedeviled
- bewitched
- convicted
- cursed
- cut down
- damned
- dead duck
- destroyed
- done
- done for
- fated
- fey
- foreordained
- ill-fated
- ill-omened
- in the cards
- kiss of death
- lost
- luckless
- menaced
- overthrown
- overwhelmed
- predestined
- que sera sera
- reprobate
- ruined
- sentenced
- star-crossed
- sunk
- suppressed
- threatened
- thrown down
- undone
- unfortunate
- unredeemed
- wrecked
- adverse
- afflicted
- awkward
- broken
- burdened
- calamitous
- cursed
- damaging
- deplorable
- desperate
- destitute
- disastrous
- doomed
- forsaken
- hapless
- hopeless
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in a bad way
- inappropriate
- inept
- infelicitous
- inopportune
- jinxed
- lamentable
- luckless
- out of luck
- pained
- poor
- regrettable
- ruined
- ruinous
- shattered
- star-crossed
- stricken
- troubled
- unbecoming
- unfavorable
- unhappy
- unpropitious
- unprosperous
- unsuccessful
- unsuitable
- untoward
- wretched
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