superstitious
adjective/ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃəs/
/ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃəs/
- believing in superstitions
- superstitious beliefs
- I'm superstitious about the number 13.
Extra Examples- She felt an almost superstitious reluctance to go through the story again.
- She grew more superstitious as she got older.
- Some people are incredibly superstitious.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySuperstitious is used with these nouns:- belief
- nonsense
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