star-crossed lovers
Fated tragic couple
Star-crossed lovers are two people whose romantic relationship is doomed by fate or circumstance.
The phrase comes from Shakespeare's description of Romeo and Juliet, whose families' feud makes their love impossible.
The term implies that destiny itself—the stars—has aligned against them: They were star-crossed lovers, kept apart by war.
- unrequited loveRomantic feelings not returned
- sworn enemiesAdversaries committed to opposition
- family feudProlonged conflict between relatives
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
- secret marriageUndisclosed legal spousal bond
heartbreak · torn apart · longing · tragedy · tragic ending · exile · fatalism · prophecy · Romeo and Juliet · doomed romance · Tristan and Isolde · sacrifice · feud · inevitability · predestination · love · martyrdom · dying wish
- Renaissance Romancecourtly love, love sonnets, tragic love, love poetry, romantic quest
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- Classic RomancePride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Emma, Romeo and Juliet
- drama themesrevenge, betrayal, forbidden love, love triangle, family conflict
- heartbreakheartache, broken heart, heartbreak, dumping, lost love
star-crossed loversmatch made in heaven
Ideally compatible partnership
soulmates · meant to be · twin flames · fairy-tale ending · love conquers all
star-crossed lovershappily ever after
Traditional story's final promise
happy ending · wedded bliss · lasting love · till death do us part · love story