star crossed
star crossed is the alternative spelling of star-crossed.
Meaning of star-crossed
Adjective
star-crossed (comparative more star-crossed, superlative most star-crossed)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- ill-starred, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal, foreboding
Forms of star crossed
| comparative | more star crossed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most star crossed |
Questions about star crossed
- What is star crossed the alternative spelling of?
- Star crossed is the alternative spelling of star-crossed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: star crossed (page history and authors); star-crossed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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