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superstitioussu‧per‧sti‧tious /ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃəs◂ $ -pər-/ ●○○ adjective - My mother is so superstitious she won't step on a crack when we walk down the street.
- A superstitious fear swept over the hidden assassin.
- First off, there are our own prejudices, part folklore, part superstitious fear.
- He made long-length longevity noodles -- not for their superstitious value, bat for their taste.
- Not a place to be superstitious, when you are alone at night up there with a casket!
- The superstitious 35-year-old singer and impressionist was remanded on bail in his absence charged with affray.
- The old man was mildly superstitious.
- The two of them now resembled a superstitious swamp devil, humming, hovering, and plowing through the miasma.
- They were a superstitious lot and tomorrow they would be fighting for their lives.
► Folkloreabominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun influenced by superstitions: a superstitious woman—superstitiously adverb |