insidious

Definition von insidious im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Treacherous
The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.; Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner
The nurse always must be alert to signs of slow leak or insidious infiltration.; Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful
Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch's insidious gingerbread house.; working ill by slow and stealthy means; 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 + insidiously in·sidi·ous·ly Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive. an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without being noticed, and causes serious harm (insidiosus, from insidiae , from insidere , from sedere ); Intending to entrap; working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures; Producing serious harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner; beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures; beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures"; working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"; {s} crafty, cunning, deceitful; subtly treacherous or dangerous; deadly while appearing to be harmless; intended to entrap; (Adj ) -intended to entrap or trick; Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; said of persons; as, the insidious foe; Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts; Insidious (Ã®n-sÃ®dÂ´Ãª-es) adjective 1 Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons 2 Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit Also: Insidious disease (Medical), 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; subtle
ınsidious: {a} trecherous, deceitful, fly, unfair
insidiously: in an insidious manner
insidiously: in a harmfully insidious manner; "these drugs act insidiously"
insidiously: in a harmfully insidious manner; "these drugs act insidiously
insidiously: craftily, cunningly, deceitfully; in a subtly treacherous manner; in a deceptively harmless manner
insidiousness: A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious
insidiousness: the quality of being designed to entrap
insidiousness: subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
insidiousness: the quality of being designed to entrap subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
insidiousness: {i} craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness; subtle treacherousness

insidious

Silbentrennung

in·sid·i·ous

Türkische aussprache

însîdiıs

Synonyme

artful, astute, corrupt, crafty, crooked, cunning, dangerous, deceitful, deceptive, deep, designing, dishonest, disingenuous, duplicitous, ensnaring

Antonyme

fair, honest, open, sincere

Aussprache

/ənˈsədēəs/ /ɪnˈsɪdiːəs/

Etymologie

[ in-'si-dE-&s ] (adjective.) 1545. From Latin insidiosus (“cunning, artful, deceitful”), from īnsidiae (“a lying in wait, an ambush, artifice, stratagem”), from īnsideō (“to sit in or on”), from in (“in, on”) + sedeō (“to sit”).