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What (who) is insidious - definition
insidious
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Insidious (disambiguation); Insidious (album)
Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.
The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years...
ADJ
• insidiously
Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive.
ADV: usu ADV adj
insidious
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Insidious (disambiguation); Insidious (album)
[?n's?d??s]
¦ adjective proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
Derivatives
insidiously adverb
insidiousness noun
Origin
C16: from L. insidiosus 'cunning'.
insidious
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Insidious (disambiguation); Insidious (album)
a.
1.
Artful, sly, wily, guileful, arch, crafty, cunning, subtle, intriguing, designing, deceitful, treacherous, crooked, trickish, tricky, foxy, snaky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
2.
Secret, deceptive, that creeps upon one unawares, delusively gradual.
Examples of use of insidious
1. Yet the Government ignores their insidious outpourings.
2. "Negative advertising works in a very insidious way," he said.
3. But perhaps something rather more insidious is at work.
4. An insidious atmosphere of menace blights whole neighbourhoods.
5. Or was it just the insidious influence of American sitcoms?