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co-star 2, verb(dictionary)
co-star(1)(dictionary)
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Star Air(tourism)
all-star(dictionary)
Star(health)
pop star(dictionary)
five-star(dictionary)
star(encyclopedia)

unspeakable (iou) and star 2, verb (oh)


unspeakable (iou)



unspeakable adjective & noun. LME.
[from UN-1 + SPEAKABLE.]
A. adjective.
That cannot be expressed in words; inexpressible, indescribable, ineffable. LME.
J. McDougall The psychic representation of..unspeakable terror.
spec. Indescribably bad or objectionable. Also (now rare), indescribably good or enjoyable. LME.
F. Weldon For a mother to leave her children..was an unspeakable thing to do. M. Ignatieff The journey had been unspeakable, bumper to bumper on the country roads.
That may not be spoken (about); unmentionable. M16.
A. Stevens The..taboo which rendered all sexual experience unspeakable.
Unwilling or unable to speak. US. L19.
b. noun. An unspeakable person or thing. E19.
E. M. Forster I'm an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.
unspeaka'bility noun (rare) M19.
unspeakableness noun L16.
unspeakably adverb LME.
unspeaking adjective (a) not speaking; unable to speak; (b) rare unspeakable, ineffable: OE.

star 2, verb (oh)



2 v past tense and past participle starred present participle starring
[I] if someone stars in a Film, Television show etc, they are one of the main characters in it
star in
::Eastwood starred in 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'.
star with/opposite
::DeVito stars opposite Dreyfuss in the movie.
star as
::Hugh Grant stars as the romantic hero.
::'The Freshman' was Brando's first starring role (=the most important part in a Film) in ten years.
[T] if a Film, Television show, or play stars someone, that person is one of the main characters in it
-synonym feature feature
::a Film starring Meryl Streep
star sb as ...
::The movie starred Orson Welles as Harry Lime.
[T usually passive] to put an asterisk (=a star-shaped mark) next to something written
::The starred items are available.