Insidious

What do we mean by insidious?

Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner. adjective

Intended to entrap; treacherous. adjective

Beguiling but harmful; alluring. adjective

Lying in wait; hence, deceitful; sly; treacherous.

Designed or adapted to entrap; deceptive; insnaring: as, insidious arts.

Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons. adjective

Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit. adjective

Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage. adjective

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. adjective

Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner. adjective

Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful. adjective

Treacherous. adjective

Beguiling but harmful adjective

Intended to entrap adjective

Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way adjective

Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.

Treacherous.

Words that are spelled similarly to insidious:
insidious, invidious, insipidus, desidious, iridious, obsidious, insidioso.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word insidious:
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Words that rhyme with insidious:
fastidious, invidious, hideous.

Adjectives that are often used to describe insidious:
most, worst, least.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective insidious:
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