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superstitious

[ US /ˌsupɝˈstɪʃəs/ ]
[ UK /sˌuːpəstˈɪʃəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance
    finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin

How To Use superstitious In A Sentence

  • It also means the expert deception of the senses by the tricks of a conjurer, so-called hocus-pocus and fraud, and a magician is either an evil-minded, superstitious mortal, fool enough to believe in charms, or an expert pretender and imposter of the first water, who cheats and deceives the people. The light of Egypt; or, The science of the soul and the stars
  • To say she was superstitious was an understatement - she would book every single Friday 13 th off work, and any day that looked inauspicious on her horoscope.
  • Some shook with superstitious dread; others, driven to atheistical despair, with horrible execrations, again strove to force a passage through the doors. The Scottish Chiefs
  • She rationalized away the superstitious beliefs of the country folk.
  • We begin with the issue of supernaturalism in religion and its supposedly superstitious character.
  • WHEN I was a youngster I used to be quite a superstitious sort of person -- I suppose because I had a nurse till I was rather large, who was the sort of Scotchwoman which believes in fairies and red devils and those things. The Lake of Devils
  • A more superstitious premier might have resolved not to tempt fate any further.
  • Apart from the religious/superstitious objection to the numbering, it does make sense to renumber the route. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Things I Didn’t Know
  • A word growled in the darkness would terrify the superstitious Sir The Brown Mask
  • I know catching the bouquet traditionally (and superstitiously) means the bachelorette will be the next to get married … but I wasn’t sure if the same tradition rings true for the dude who gets the garter. Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » There’s Something About Marry
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