superstitious

[US]/suːpə'stɪʃəs/
[UK]/'sʊpɚ'stɪʃəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Adj. believing in supernatural forces or events and often behaving irrationally as a result.

Phrases & Collocations

superstitious beliefs

superstitious practices

superstitious behavior

superstitious customs

Example Sentences

She is superstitious about spilling salt on the table.

the idea seems too superstitious by half.

They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.

It is a superstitious idea that the ghost can cast a living man under a spell.

These superstitious practices should be abolished as soon as possible.

All these old novels bear the religions and superstitious characters of the feudal society.

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