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superstitious

/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/ /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃəs/

Meanings
adjective
Susceptible to superstitions.

Examples :

"My grandmother is very superstitious; she believes breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck. "
culture religion philosophy mind supernatural tradition attitude

Related Words

Illustration believing

believing verb

/bɪˈliːvɪŋ/ /bəˈliːvɪŋ/

To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)

"I believe there are faeries."

Illustration grandmother

grandmother noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/

A mother of someone's parent.

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

Illustration breaking

breaking verb

/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

"If the vase falls to the floor, it might break."

Illustration unnecessarily

unnecessarily adverb

/ˌʌnˌnesəˈserɪli/ /ˌʌnˌnesɪˈserɪli/

In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.

"He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered."

Illustration arising

arising verb

/əˈɹaɪzɪŋ/

To come up from a lower to a higher position.

"to arise from a kneeling posture"

Illustration believes

believes verb

/bɪˈliːvz/

To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)

"I believe there are faeries."

Illustration susceptible

susceptible noun

/səˈsɛptɪbl̩/

A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

"The susceptible in our class are getting the flu. "

Illustration overexact

overexact adjective

/ˌoʊvərɪɡˈzækt/ /ˌoʊvərəɡˈzækt/

Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.

"The teacher, while generally helpful, was sometimes overexact in grading, focusing on minor details instead of overall understanding. "

Illustration student

student noun

/ˈstjuː.dənt/ /ˈstu.dn̩t/

A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

"He is a student of life."

Illustration character

character noun

/ˈkæɹəktə/ /ˈkæɹəktɚ/

A being involved in the action of a story.

"The main character in the school play was a brave student. "

Illustration scrupulous

scrupulous adjective

/ˈskɹu.pjə.ləs/

Exactly and carefully conducted.

"He is scrupulous in his finances."

Illustration superstitions

superstitions noun

/ˌsupərˈstɪʃənz/

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.

"My grandmother has many superstitions about good luck, like always wearing a specific red scarf on Tuesdays. "