ill-starred
Born under misfortune
Ill-starred means doomed to misfortune, as if born under an unlucky star.
The word appears in literary contexts to describe ventures or relationships fated to end badly: an ill-starred romance, an ill-starred expedition.
Shakespeare's "star-crossed lovers" captures the same astrological metaphor.
Deserving of pity
- haplessLacking good fortune
- lucklessWithout good fortune
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
- hexedPlaced under curse
accursed · snakebit · misfortunate · unblessed · crossed · bedeviled · hoodoo · inauspicious
Determined by destiny
- destinedFixed by fate
- damnedCondemned to hell
- blightedHarmed by destructive force
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
condemned · forsaken · hopeless · lost · finished · sunk · irredeemable · ill-omened
Causing harm or destruction
- SaturnRinged gas giant
- MarsRed planet, war deity
- ascendantIncreasing in power
- conjunctionWord joining clauses together
opposition · retrograde · eclipse · horoscope · zodiac · portent · omen · inauspicious
Ardent male lover
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
- TitanicIll-fated 1912 vessel
- HindenburgIll-fated German dirigible
- IcarusMythical overreacher who fell
heartbreaking · sorrowful · woeful · grievous · lamentable · pitiful · calamitous · catastrophic
unfortunate
Deserving of pity
hexed · accursed · snakebit · misfortunate · unblessed · crossed · bedeviled · hoodoo · inauspicious · unpropitious
fated
Determined by destiny
ruined · condemned · forsaken · hopeless · lost · finished · sunk · irredeemable · ill-omened · sealed
malefic
Causing harm or destruction
conjunction · opposition · retrograde · eclipse · horoscope · zodiac · portent · omen · inauspicious · malign
Romeo
Ardent male lover
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
- TitanicIll-fated 1912 vessel
- HindenburgIll-fated German dirigible
Icarus · heartbreaking · sorrowful · woeful · grievous · lamentable · pitiful · calamitous · catastrophic · fateful
ill-starredauspicious
Indicating future success
propitious · promising · favorable · fortunate · fair