insidious
IPA: ɪnsˈɪdiʌs
adjective
- Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
- Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.
- (nonstandard) Treacherous.
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Examples of "insidious" in Sentences
- The nature of the abortion debate is insidious.
- Gold stands in the way of this insidious process.
- All the promotion is what's insidious and hard to take.
- The insidious language he uses is a violation of terms.
- Some of the vandalism is especially insidious and subtle.
- The final books explores the insidious nature of despair.
- This kind of furtive vandalism is the most insidious corruption.
- The two sides just need to stop the insidious and subtle warring.
- Because the disease can be insidious, the diagnosis is often delayed.
- Henceforth, he was the most persistent and insidious of Sigismund's enemies.
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