| ADJECTIVE | all | insidious | beguiling but harmful |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | insidious | intended to entrap | |
| all | insidious, pernicious, subtle | working or spreading in a hidden / hidden and usually injurious way |
| Sounds | ihnsih'diyahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | beguiling but harmful. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "insidious pleasures" | |
| Broader | seductive | tending to entice into a desired action or state |
| Spanish | insidioso | |
| Nouns | insidiousness | the quality of being designed to entrap |
| Meaning | Intended to entrap. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | dangerous, unsafe | Involving or causing danger or risk |
| Spanish | insidioso | |
| Nouns | insidiousness | the quality of being designed to entrap |
| Meaning | Working or spreading in a hidden / hidden and usually injurious way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "glaucoma is an insidious disease" | |
| Synonyms | pernicious, subtle | |
| Broader | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
| Spanish | insidioso, pernicioso, sutil | |
| Catalan | insidiós, perniciós, subtil | |
| Nouns | insidiousness | subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease) |
| Adverbs | insidiously | in a harmfully insidious manner |
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