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  Insidious \In*sid"i*ous\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
     ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
     cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
        entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
        as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.'' --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
        as, insidious arts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
        manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
        an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
        [PJC]
  
     Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
        marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
        slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
        it really is.
  
     Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
          circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
          In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

  Insidious \In*sid"i*ous\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
     ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
     cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]
     1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
        entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
        as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.'' --Cowper.
  
     2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
        as, insidious arts.
  
              The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
  
     Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
        marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
        slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
        it really is.
  
     Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
          circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
          In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.

  insidious
       adj 1: beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures"
       2: intended to entrap
       3: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
          "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
          [syn: pernicious, subtle]

  insidious
     Αγγλικά a.
     ύπουλος

  insidious
     a.
     Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

  insidious
     a.
     Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

  insidious
     a.
     Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

  insidious
     a.
     Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

  insidious
     Engelska a.
     försåtlig, insidiös, lömsk

  Insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
  ماكر

  insidious //ɪnˈsɪdi.əs// 
  1. коварен, лукав
  intending to entrap
  2. коварен
  producing serious harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/ 
  zákeřný

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
  záludný

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
  úskočný

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
   [formal] perfide, heimtückisch
           Note: weil nicht erkennbar, schleichend 
           Note: fortschreitend
           Note: Sache
        "an insidious disease"  - eine heimtückische Krankheit, eine insidiöse Krankheit
        "an insidious problem"  - ein kniffliges Problem
           Note: of a thing

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
  
  επίβουλος

  insidious //ɪnˈsɪdi.əs// 
  1. juonikas, salakavala
  intending to entrap
  2. salakavala
  producing serious harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/ 
  1. प्रच्छन्न~रूप~से
        "Jealousy is insidious ."

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
  podmukao

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
  1. ármányos
  2. alattomos

  insidious /insidiəs/
  arglistig

  insidious /ɪnˈsɪdɪəs/ 
    podstępny, zdradliwy

  insidious /insidiəs/
  insidioso

  insidious /insidiəs/
  astuto

  insidious //ɪnˈsɪdi.əs// 
  1. förrädisk
  intending to entrap
  2. försåtlig
  producing serious harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner

  insidious /ɪnsˈɪdiəs/
  1. gizlice fırsat kollayan, sinsi
  2. hain, hilekâr. insidiously  sinsice. insidiousness  sinsilik.

  
/ˌɪnˈsɪˌdiəs/

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "insidious":
     Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, amoral, arch,
     artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling, clever,
     collusive, conscienceless, corrupt, corrupted, covinous, crafty,
     criminal, crooked, cunning, cute, dangerous, dark, deceitful, deep,
     deep-laid, designing, devious, diplomatic, dishonest, dishonorable,
     doubtful, dubious, evasive, false, falsehearted, feline, felonious,
     finagling, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, gradual, guileful,
     ill-got, ill-gotten, immoral, indirect, ingenious, inventive,
     knowing, not kosher, pawky, perfidious, perilous, politic,
     questionable, ready, resourceful, rotten, scheming, serpentine,
     shady, shameless, sharp, shifty, shrewd, sinister, slick, slippery,
     sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic,
     subtile, subtle, supple, surreptitious, suspicious, tactical,
     treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two-faced, unconscienced,
     unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical,
     unprincipled, unsavory, unscrupulous, unstraightforward, vulpine,
     wary, wily, without remorse, without shame
  
  

  a. 隐伏的,阴险的,狡猾的;

     a. 隐伏的,阴险的,狡猾的