superstitious
su·per·sti·tious (-əs)
adjective
- of, characterized by, or resulting from superstition
- having superstitions
superstitious
modif.
Having superstitions
fearful, apprehensive, gullible, credulous; see careful, stupid 1.Based on superstition
unfounded, groundless, untrue, unproven, erroneous.
Preposition: of
- man: I am the least superstitious of men, but it drew me.
Modifies a noun
- reverence: Neither do I regard a new-born child with any superstitious reverence.
- awe: Everything connected with love was made a mystery of, and treated with a kind of superstitious awe.
- nonsense: Hell, at fifty eight, he didn't need this superstitious nonsense.
- belief: Around the 18th century a more superstitious belief was related to wedding cakes.
- fear: Sir Henry has, I suppose, no superstitious fears in the matter?
- thinking: Ignorance of natural law, they argue, causes us to fall prey to superstitious thinking, inventing supernatural causes where none exist.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: A horror which was almost superstitious came upon him at the sight of them.
- very: The people were very superstitious, they believed in most things they have only heard of.
- not: First let me say, we're not superstitious.
- highly: But the highly superstitious Pluke's problems really began when the Security Services told him to end his investigations of his prime suspect.
- so: Popular beliefs and legends Why were the Aztecs so superstitious?
- n't: Award for Best Short Fiction ' White ' by Tim Lebbon MoT Press " I ai n't superstitious, " ; wrote Tim.
Used with adjective complement
- become: It wasn't a replacement at all, it was the real medallion that Jason found and Mia has now become superstitious.
- sound: In addition to sounding superstitious, there is no way to explain such an influence.
- get: The custom was curtailed when brides began to get superstitious about taking their rings off after the ceremony.
- ai: Award for Best Short Fiction ' White ' by Tim Lebbon MoT Press " I ain't superstitious, " ; wrote Tim.
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edgeto the superstitious tale.
Ye men of Athens,I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions,I found an altar with this inscription,. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of frogs' legsö especially if the frogs are decapitatedöand thatöon the other handöany doctrine chiefly vouched for by the feelings of human beings^with heads on their shouldersömust be benighted and superstitious.
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