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Insidious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insidious? [adj] working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" [adj] intended to entrap [adj] beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insidious: dangerous \| harmful \| pernicious \| seductive \| subtle \| unsafe Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insidious: acute \| amoral \| arch \| artful \| astute \| Byzantine \| cagey \| calculating \| canny \| chiseling \| clever \| collusive \| conscienceless \| corrupt \| corrupted \| covinous \| crafty \| criminal \| crooked \| cunning \| cute \| dangerous \| dark \| deceitful \| deep \| deep-laid \| designing \| devious \| diplomatic \| dishonest \| dishonorable \| doubtful \| dubious \| evasive \| false \| falsehearted \| feline \| felonious \| finagling \| fishy \| foxy \| fraudulent \| furtive \| gradual \| guileful \| ill-got \| ill-gotten \| immoral \| indirect \| ingenious \| inventive \| knowing \| Machiavellian \| Machiavellic \| not kosher \| pawky \| perfidious \| perilous \| politic \| questionable \| ready \| resourceful \| rotten \| scheming \| serpentine \| shady \| shameless \| sharp \| shifty \| shrewd \| sinister \| slick \| slippery \| sly \| smooth \| snaky \| sneaky \| sophistical \| stealthy \| strategic \| subtile \| subtle \| supple \| surreptitious \| suspicious \| tactical \| treacherous \| trickish \| tricksy \| tricky \| two-faced \| unconscienced \| unconscientious \| unconscionable \| underhand \| underhanded \| unethical \| unprincipled \| unsavory \| unscrupulous \| unstraightforward \| vulpine \| wary \| wily \| without remorse \| without shame See Also \| Insidious In Webster's Dictionary \Insid"ious\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See {Sit}.] 1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.'' --Cowper. 2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts. The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne. {Insidious disease} (Med.), a disease existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is. Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful; circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. -- {Insid"iously}, adv. -- {Insid"iousness}, n.

Insidious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insidious?

[adj] working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
[adj] intended to entrap
[adj] beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures"

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Insidious In Webster's Dictionary

\In*sid"i*ous\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
cf. F. insidieux. See {Sit}.]
1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
   entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
   as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.'' --Cowper.

2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
   as, insidious arts.

         The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.

{Insidious disease} (Med.), a disease existing, without
   marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
   slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
   it really is.

Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
     circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
     {In*sid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*sid"i*ous*ness}, n.

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