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Definition of star-crossed in English: star-crossedadjective literary Thwarted by bad luck. Example sentencesExamples - Kathleen McAuliffe and Michael Rudder steal the show as the elderly star-crossed lovers.
- ‘The history has been unfortunate but the history of humanity is full of star-crossed lovers who have found life difficult,’ he said.
- But, star-crossed lovers as we are, fate has cruelly intervened and given us tickets for different days.
- Were Heloise and Abelard just another pair of star-crossed lovers, consumed by a passion that was doomed to end in tragedy?
- This classic tale of star-crossed lovers is performed in the open-air with the magnificent backdrop of Titchfield Abbey.
Synonyms ill-fated, doomed, blighted, ill-omened, foredoomed, infelicitous
Origin First used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1597). Definition of star-crossed in US English: star-crossedadjectiveˈstɑr ˌkrɔst literary (of a person or a plan) thwarted by bad luck. Example sentencesExamples - This classic tale of star-crossed lovers is performed in the open-air with the magnificent backdrop of Titchfield Abbey.
- ‘The history has been unfortunate but the history of humanity is full of star-crossed lovers who have found life difficult,’ he said.
- But, star-crossed lovers as we are, fate has cruelly intervened and given us tickets for different days.
- Were Heloise and Abelard just another pair of star-crossed lovers, consumed by a passion that was doomed to end in tragedy?
- Kathleen McAuliffe and Michael Rudder steal the show as the elderly star-crossed lovers.
Synonyms ill-fated, doomed, blighted, ill-omened, foredoomed, infelicitous
Origin First used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1597). |