STAR-CROSSED

Meaning of STAR-CROSSED in English

Pronunciation: ' stär- ˌ kro ̇ st

Function: adjective

Date: 1595

: not favored by the stars : ILL-FATED <a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life ― Shakespeare>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

STAR-CROSSED — adjective Date: 1595 not favored by the stars ; ill-fated
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STAR-CROSSED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : not favored by the stars : ill-fated
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — (a.) Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
Английский словарь Webster
STAR-CROSSED — ( a. ) Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — /stahr"krawst', -krost'/ , adj. thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers. [ 1585-95 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — adjective Date: 1595 : not favored by the stars : ill-fated a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAR-CROSSED — adj not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
Webster English vocab
STAR-CROSSED — ■ adjective literary ill-fated. Origin first used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1597).
Concise Oxford English vocab
STAR-CROSSED — [star-crossed] adj (1592): not favored by the stars: ill-fated "a pair of ~ lovers take their life --Shak."
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STAR-CROSSED — star-crossed BrE AmE ˈstɑː krɒst -krɔːst, ˌ•ˈ• AmE ˈstɑːr krɒst -krɑːst ▶ stardom ˈstɑː dəm AmE ˈstɑːr- BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — adjective ( literary ) not able to be happy because of bad luck or fate : Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — ˈstar-crossed BrE AmE adjective literary being in a situation that prevents something happy or good happening: star-crossed lovers (=people who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STAR-CROSSED — If someone is star-crossed , they keep having bad luck. ( LITERARY ) ...star-crossed lovers parted by war and conflict. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — If someone is ~, they keep having bad luck. (LITERARY) ...~ lovers parted by war and conflict. ADJ: usu ADJ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STAR-CROSSED — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alas, Thompson and her chosen theatre were star-crossed and she now has a production but …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STAR CROSSED — Synonyms and related words : badly off, depressed, dire, donsie, doomful, evil-starred, fatal, fortuneless, funest, hapless, ill off, ill-starred, in …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAR-CROSSED — Function: adjective Synonyms: UNLUCKY , hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, misfortunate, unfortunate, unhappy, untoward
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STAR-CROSSED — adjective Synonyms: unlucky , hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, misfortunate, unfortunate, unhappy, untoward
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAR-CROSSED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
STAR-CROSSED — adj. Star-crossed is used with these nouns: ↑ lover
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — прил. родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный - * lovers несчастные влюбленные
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAR-CROSSED — star-crossed.ogg ʹstɑ:krɒst a родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный star-crossed lovers - несчастные влюблённые
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STAR-CROSSED — прил.родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STAR CROSSED — (r) родившийся под несчастливой звездой
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
STAR CROSSED — (a) несчастный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
STAR-CROSSED — a родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный ~ lovers - несчастные влюблённые
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STAR-CROSSED — a родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный star-crossed lovers - несчастные влюблённые
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STAR-CROSSED — прил. родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STAR-CROSSED — прил. родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STAR-CROSSED — _a. родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STAR-CROSSED — a. родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STAR-CROSSED — прил. родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный родившийся под несчастливой звездой, несчастный - * lovers несчастные влюбленные
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAR — I Any massive celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated inside it. The Milky Way Galaxy contains …
Английский словарь Британика
STAR — I. ˈstär, ˈstȧ(r noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROSSED — past of cross
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROSSED — (imp. & p. p.) of Cross
Английский словарь Webster
CROSSED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Cross
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAR — — starless , adj. /stahr/ , n., adj., v., starred, starring . n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSSED — /krawst, krost/ , adj. Math. (of partial derivatives) mixed, esp. of order two. [ CROSS + -ED 2 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSSED — adj. marked with a cross; signed with an X; placed one over another; marked with two parallel lines
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STAR — I. ˈstär noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; akin to Old High German sterno …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAR — noun the polestar; the north star. 2. star ·noun that which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament …
Webster English vocab
CROSSED — impf & ·p.p. of cross.
Webster English vocab
STAR — [star] n, often attrib [ME sterre, fr. OE steorra; akin to OHG sterno star, L stella, Gk aster, astron] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STAR — / stɑː(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun IN SKY 1. [ C ] a large ball of burning …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR — I. star 1 S2 W2 /stɑː $ stɑːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: steorra ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CROSSED — crossed /krɒst $ krɒːst/ BrE AmE adjective if a telephone line is crossed, it is connected by mistake to two …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STAR — n. & v. --n. 1 a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STAR — n. & v. n. 1 a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STAR — n. & v. --n. 1. a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Oxford English vocab
STAR — ( stars, starring, starred) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A star …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comedy star (= a very famous comedy actor or actress ) ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CROSSED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crossed cheque crossed the finish line ▪ James crossed the finish line in just under …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STAR — n. falling star shooting star North Star pulsating radio star Dog Star sea star Barnard's star binary star David Star …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STAR — n. Any massive celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated inside it. The Milky Way Galaxy contains …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STAR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CROSSED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
STAR — I. noun 1 small point of light in the night sky ADJECTIVE ▪ bright , brilliant ▪ faint ▪ distant …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CROSSED — adj. Crossed is used with these nouns: ↑ arm , ↑ cheque
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STAR — n. 25B6; noun the sky was full of stars : CELESTIAL BODY, heavenly body, sun; asteroid, planet. See lists. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAR — 1. сущ. 1) звезда; светило bright star ≈ яркая звезда distant star ≈ далекая звезда evening star ≈ вечерняя звезда …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CROSSED — скрещенный, перекрестный completely crossed design ≈ план с полностью пересекающимися факторами completely crossed factors ≈ полностью пересекающиеся факторы crossed beam …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CROSSED — Крестообразный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STAR — 1. stɑ: n 1. 1> звезда shooting star - метеор, падающая звезда the North /the Polar/ star - Полярная звезда …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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