Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Star-crossed \Star"-crossed`\ (st[aum]r"kr[o^]st`; 115), a.
Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic]
--Shak.
Such is my star-crossed destiny.
--Massinger.
Wiktionary
a. ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.
Wikipedia
"Star-crossed" or "star-crossed lovers" is a phrase describing a pair of lovers whose relationship is often thwarted by outside forces. The term encompasses other meanings, but originally means the pairing is being "thwarted by a malign star" or that the stars are working against the relationship. Astrological in origin, the phrase stems from the belief that the positions of the stars ruled over people's fates, and is best known from the play Romeo and Juliet by the Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Such pairings are often said to be doomed from the start.
" Star-crossed" is an expression referring to a situation in which one or more individuals attempts to defy fate.
Star-crossed or starcrossed may also refer to:
- Starcrossed (film), a 2005 independent short film
- Starcrossed (album), an album from artist Maggie Reilly, released in 2000
- "Starcrossed" romantic love (song), a 2004 single by the Irish alternative rock group Ash
- "Starcrossed" (Justice League episode), a second season three-part episode of the animated television series Justice League
- "Star-Crossed" (Tru Calling), a first-season episode of the television series Tru Calling
- Star-Crossed (TV series), a 2014 television series on the CW
- Starcrossed, a TV show in the film A Dog's Breakfast which may be produced as a spin-off
- Starcrossed, a 1985 made-for-TV film starring James Spader
- The Starcrossed, a science-fiction romance novel by Ben Bova
- Starcrossed (novel), a 2011 fantasy romance novel by Josephine Angelini
- Star Crossed (comics), a comic book limited series published by the DC Comics imprint, Helix
Star-Crossed is an American science fiction romantic drama television series created by Meredith Averill. Star-Crossed premiered on The CW on February 17, 2014. On May 8, 2014, The CW cancelled Star-Crossed after one season.
Usage examples of "star-crossed".
This year, in order to side-step that problem, I waited until the last moment to make my bets -- despite the fact that I knew the Vikings were doomed after watching them perform for the press at their star-crossed practice field on Monday afternoon before the game.
When I met him for the first time in Miami in that star-crossed political summer of 1972, he was writing one of the sanest columns on the market and he talked like a happy man.
In Keith's version of it, in Keith's spin-off of it, the star-crossed lover looks like an old chancer whose steed has fallen ten yards from the post.
Despite a wish for sleep, her mind ranged through the scenes of the Baleef opera and the sorrows of the star-crossed lovers.