Definition of insidious
Adjectives
beguiling but harmful
"insidious pleasures"
- Synonyms:
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seductive
tending to entice into a desired action or state
intended to entrap
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
"glaucoma is an insidious disease"
- Synonyms:
- pernicious, subtle
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harmful
causing or capable of causing harm
Vocabulary Lists for insidious
- abashed
- accolade
- aesthete
- ambiguously
- anarchy
George Orwell's "1984" Part 3 (comprehensive) »(2202 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
- newspeak
- labour camp
- chinless
- zip fastener
- undercharge
- abaft
- abase
- abate
- abdicate
- abet
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- embroider
- imbue
- ignominy
- decapitate
- scaffold
George Orwell's "1984" Part 3 »(433 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
- euphony
- abbreviate
- cell
- alterable
- cauterize
Melba Pattillo Beals's Warriors Don't Cry »(96 words)
A good vocabulary List from Warriors Don't Cry.
- accolade
- adamant
- adversary
- amend
- amended
- invective
- dilettante
- apoplexy
- apogee
- mincing
WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08 »(25 words)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1568/
- buffoon
- gravitate
- sage
- ruse
- flout