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Synonyms of star-crossed

25 similar words

Another word for star-crossed is ill-starred. Other synonyms of star-crossed are dire, sinister, disastrous, ill-fated and foreboding.

Synonyms and similar words for star-crossed

adjectiveIll-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.

  • ill-starredDoomed to a bad fate; hapless.
  • augurousFull of augury; foreboding.
  • balefulPortending evil; ominous.
  • bodefulPortentous; ominous; foreboding.
  • bodingForeboding, ominous, portending.
  • direWarning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • disastrousForeboding disaster; ill-omened.
  • fatalForeboding death or great disaster.
  • forebodingOf ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
  • ill-bodingWhich bodes evil; portending bad things.
  • ill-fatedUnlucky; doomed.
  • ill-omenedHaving a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
  • inauspiciousNot auspicious; ill-omened.
  • ominous
  • brooding
  • portentousOminously prophetic.
  • presagefulFull of presages; ominous.
  • presagiousForeboding; ominous.
  • sinisterInauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.
  • divine obsoleteForeboding; prescient.
  • inauspicate obsoleteInauspicious.
  • nefastous rareInauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened.
  • omenic rareHaving the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.
  • prodigious archaicHaving the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
  • sullen obsoleteMischievous; malignant; unpropitious.

Meaning of star-crossed

  1. adjective Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.

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Questions about synonyms of star-crossed

What is another word for star-crossed?
Star-crossed has 25 synonyms on Word.ws, such as ill-starred, dire, sinister, disastrous, ill-fated, foreboding, inauspicious and baleful.
What does star-crossed mean?
Star-crossed means ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.

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