insidious
Meaning of insidious
- proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects.
sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem
mid 16th century: from Latin insidiosus ‘cunning’, from insidiae ‘an ambush or trick’, from insidere ‘lie in wait for’, from in- ‘on’ + sedere ‘sit’.
Information about insidious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of insidious
in-sid-i-ous
- It consists of 4 syllables and 9 chars.
- insidious is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
insidious synonyms
Meaning pernicious:
Meaning behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard:
Meaning kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of:
Meaning (of a feeling) persistent in one's mind but reluctantly held or not fully recognized:
Meaning having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion:
Meaning clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods:
Meaning cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics:
Meaning clever or skilful, especially in a crafty or cunning way:
Meaning having or showing sly or cunning intelligence:
Meaning having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature:
Meaning skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully:
Meaning (of a task, problem, etc.) requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward:
Meaning done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way:
Meaning guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others:
Meaning giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading:
Meaning behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way:
Meaning acting or done in a secret or dishonest way:
Meaning made with the back of the hand facing in the direction of movement:
Meaning not directly caused by or resulting from something:
Meaning furtive; sly:
insidious antonyms
Meaning uncomplicated and easy to do or understand:
Translation of insidious
- German: subtil, hinterlistig, heimtückisch, hinterhältig
- Italian: insidioso
- Spanish: insidioso
- French: insidieux
Words that rhyme with insidious
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