Definition of Superstitious

Superstitious

Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.

Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.

Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.

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Superstitious Quotations

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.
Sun Tzu

My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.
Meryl Streep

The Jewish part of me is superstitious.
Gwyneth Paltrow

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.
Harriet Beecher Stowe

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.
Henry James

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
Lafcadio Hearn

I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
Kate Hudson

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd.
Josh McDowell

I am a very superstitious person.
Luciano Pavarotti

I still like to keep tapes of the few minutes before the final take, things that happen before the session. Maybe it's superstitious, but I believe if I had done things differently - if I had walked around the studio or gone out - it wouldn't have turned out that way.
Ray Davies

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
John Selden

Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person.
Steven Gerrard

Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly.
Jessica Chastain

No, I think I used to be pretty superstitious about certain things, but I'm really not anymore. As long as I have everything is in order and I have my things as far as the match goes, shooting I'm fine. But I really don't.
Nancy Johnson

There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.
Mary Stewart

Nancy is superstitious.
Michael Reagan

I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.
Norman Cook

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Superstitious Translations

superstitious in Dutch is bijgelovig
superstitious in Spanish is supersticioso
superstitious in Swedish is skrockful, vidskeplig

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