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insidious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pernicious, subtle |
| Derivation | insidiousness |
glaucoma is an insidious disease.
insidious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | insidiousness |
insidious pleasures.
insidious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | insidiousness |
Examples of insidious
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Yet as we will show this week, illiteracy is almost more insidious than poverty.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
The union is worried about a more insidious form of outsourcing, closer to home.
From the economist.com
There's nothing insidious about Canada's interest in seeing a second span built.
From the freep.com
Financial interests can also exert an insidious bias on the results of research.
From the economist.com
But the dangers the explorers posed to the Arrow People were far more insidious.
From the npr.org
Is the wiring behind the walls and under the floorboards an insidious deathtrap?
From the newscientist.com
Tuition has become nothing less than an insidious tax on middle-class families.
From the ocregister.com
The most insidious mathematical deceptions are the ones we practice on ourselves.
From the boston.com
The most insidious aspect of Assange's show is not what is in it, but what isn't.
From the forbes.com
- Beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures"
- Intended to entrap
- Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
- (insidiously) in a harmfully insidious manner; "these drugs act insidiously"
- (insidiousness) subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
- (insidiousness) the quality of being designed to entrap
- Insidious is the 5th full-length album by Mephisto Walz. All the tracks on this album were arranged, recorded, mixed, written and produced by Barry Galvin. Christiana provided the vocals and David Glass supplied some of the drums for this album.
- Insidious is an upcoming horror film directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne.
- Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner; Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful; Treacherous
