star-crossed

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1. idiomaticIll-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.

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   From forth the fatall loynes of theſe two foes, / A paire of ſtarre-crost Louers tooke their life:

   c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], “The Prologue”, in […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC

   But now, such is my star-cross'd destiny, / When he beholds you as you are, I may / As well entreat him give away his crown, / As to part from a jewel of more value.

   1636, Philip Massinger, The Great Duke of Florence, act V, scene iii

   For a few moments he sat dazed, visualizing that dreadful waste near New Orleans where in the sand it was so easy for the star-crossed Chevalier to bury the idol of his heart.

   1919 [1914], Compton Mackenzie, Sinister Street, volume 2

   After a star-crossed regular season, Morgan vowed Thursday to show the college hoops world what it has been missing.

   2009 March 20, Adam Rittenberg, “Spartans overpower Robert Morris”, in ESPN

   Synonyms: ill-starred, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine