Insidious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner: insidious rumors; an insidious disease.
  • adj. Intended to entrap; treacherous: insidious misinformation.
  • adj. Beguiling but harmful; alluring: insidious pleasures.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
  • adj. Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.
  • adj. Treacherous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons.
  • adj. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit.
  • adj. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lying in wait; hence, deceitful; sly; treacherous.
  • Designed or adapted to entrap; deceptive; insnaring: as, insidious arts.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. beguiling but harmful
  • adj. intended to entrap
  • adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  • Equivalent
    seductive    dangerous    unsafe    harmful   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    treacherous    deceitful    guileful    sly    circumventive    designing    wily    crafty    deceptive    artful   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fastidious    hideous    invidious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    subtle    treacherous    pernicious    seductive    malignant    malicious    irresistible    deceitful    artful    persistent