| superstition | n tahyul, kepercayaan karut: many of their taboos are based on nothing but ~, kebanyakan pantang larang mereka semata-mata berdasarkan kepercayaan karut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| superstitious | 2. influenced by superstition, percaya kpd kepercayaan karut: I’m not ~, but the place gave me the shivers, saya bukanlah percaya kpd kepercayaan karut tetapi tempat ini betul-betul menggerunkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| wife | old wives’ tale, kepercayaan karut, tahyul. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| superstition | spilling salt was held to be an unlucky omen by the Romans and the ~ persists, menumpahkan garam dianggap sbg sesuatu yg sial oleh orang-orang Rom dan kepercayaan karut ini berkekalan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| outworn | adj (of belief, superstition, custom, etc) kolot, usang, lapuk: an old lady who still clung to ~ superstitions, wanita tua yg masih berpegang pd kepercayaan karut yg kolot. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| potency | n 1. a. effectiveness(of drug, medicine) potensi, kemanjuran, kemujaraban: the antibiotic rapidly loses its ~ if kept unrefrigerated, antibiotik itu dgn cepat akan kehilangan potensinya jika tdk disimpan dlm peti sejuk; b. influencing power(of idea, person, etc) pengaruh: as the old superstitions lost their ~ ..., semakin kepercayaan karut itu hilang pengaruhnya ...;2. ability of man to have sex, poten. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prone | adj 1. lying flat on o’s front, tertiarap: they found him lying ~ on the beach, mereka menjumpai lelaki itu tertiarap di pantai; 2. incline to do st, susceptible, mudah (approp v): she is ~ to coughs and colds, dia mudah diserang batuk dan selesema; he seems to be accident ~, nampaknya dia mudah mendapat kemalangan; the villagers are largely uneducated and ~ to superstition, orang-orang kampung itu kebanyakannya tdk berpelajaran dan mudah percaya akan kepercayaan karut. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| laugh | ~ at, a. be amused, ketawa + approp v: the children ~ed at the clown’s antics, kanak-kanak itu ketawa melihat telatah badut; b. ridicule, mentertawakan: he was ~ed at when he first put forward the theory, dia ditertawakan sewaktu pertama kali mengemukakan teori itu; c. disregard, tdk /mengendahkan, menghiraukan, mempedulikan/: some of the old superstitions were ~ed at by the younger generation, sesetengah kepercayaan karut yg wujud sejak dulu lagi tdk diendahkan oleh generasi muda; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| laugh | ~ at, a. be amused, ketawa + approp v: the children ~ed at the clown’s antics, kanak-kanak itu ketawa melihat telatah badut; b. ridicule, mentertawakan: he was ~ed at when he first put forward the theory, dia ditertawakan sewaktu pertama kali mengemukakan teori itu; c. disregard, tdk /mengendahkan, menghiraukan, mempedulikan/: some of the old superstitions were ~ed at by the younger generation, sesetengah kepercayaan karut yg wujud sejak dulu lagi tdk diendahkan oleh generasi muda; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| superstitious | adj 1. based on superstition, karut: the belief is just ~ nonsense, kepercayaan itu hanyalah karut semata-mata; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |