INSIDIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does insidious mean? • INSIDIOUS (adjective)
The adjective INSIDIOUS has 3 senses:
1. beguiling but harmful
2. intended to entrap
3. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
Familiarity information: INSIDIOUS used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INSIDIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Beguiling but harmful
Context example:
insidious pleasures
Similar:
seductive (tending to entice into a desired action or state)
Meaning:
Intended to entrap
Similar:
dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Meaning:
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
Synonyms:
pernicious; insidious; subtle
Context examples:
glaucoma is an insidious disease / a subtle poison
Similar:
harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)
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