All star-crossed synonyms
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S s adj star-crossed
- hexed — to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
- dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
- ill-omened — having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred.
- hapless — unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
- ill-starred — doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- blankety-blank — damned
- doomed — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- accursed — Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
- ill-fated — destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- doggone — to damn: Doggone your silly advice!
- bad break — misfortune, period of bad luck
adjective star-crossed
- foredoomed — Simple past tense and past participle of foredoom.
- jinxed — Simple past tense and past participle of jinx.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.