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Synonyms for insidious
ɪnˈsɪd i əsin·sid·i·ous
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
insidious
Synonyms:
wily, treacherous, designing, dangerous, deceitful, sly, crafty, artfulAntonyms:
straightforward, sincere, undesigning, innocuous
Princeton's WordNet
insidiousadjective
beguiling but harmful
"insidious pleasures"
Synonyms:
subtle, perniciousAntonyms:
safe, unseductive, harmlessinsidiousadjective
intended to entrap
Synonyms:
subtle, perniciousAntonyms:
unseductive, harmless, safeinsidious, pernicious, subtleadjective
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
"glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
Synonyms:
pestilent, elusive, subtle, baneful, pernicious, deadlyAntonyms:
harmless, safe, unseductive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
insidiousadjective
Synonyms:
artful, sly, wily, arch, crafty, cunning, subtle, intriguing, designing, deceitful, treacherous, crooked, trickish, TRICKY, foxy, snaky, diplomatic, machiavelian
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#4178 | dangerous | |
#6425 | designing | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#19080 | pervasive | |
#19559 | sinister | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#21715 | devious | |
#23246 | sly | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#29532 | sneaky | |
#35834 | artful | |
#37389 | treacherous | |
#39559 | insidious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#48777 | wily | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#60128 | scheming | |
#112648 | underhand | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#245384 | pestilent |
How to use insidious in a sentence?
The attack on our democracy is real, from the January 6th insurrection to the onslaught of Republican's anti-voting laws in a number of states, it's no longer just about who gets to vote. It's about who gets to count the vote and whether your vote counts at all. It's about two insidious things : voter suppression and election subversion.
Palestinian Authority has undertaken a very carefully and purposefully orchestrated program of historical revisionism, in an attempt to blur and eventually erase the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel, because Judea and Samaria are the cradle of Jewish history, these areas are quite naturally the focal points of this insidious campaign.
One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe.
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
The damage is profound, the sacking of the Capitol is proof positive that what we thought was dangerous is indeed very, very much so. Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years.
Translations for insidious
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- غادرArabic
- heimtückischGerman
- ύπουλοςGreek
- insidiosoSpanish
- salakavala, juonikasFinnish
- insidieuxFrench
- նենգArmenian
- insidiosoItalian
- חַתרָנִיHebrew
- ដែលបញ្ឆោតKhmer
- 교활한Korean
- insidiosaLatin
- verraderlijk, sluipendDutch
- zdradliwy, zdradziecki, podstępnyPolish
- insidiador, insidiosoPortuguese
- insidiosRomanian
- коварный, скрытыйRussian
- škodljiv, шкодљивSerbo-Croatian
- förrädisk, smygande, försåtligSwedish
- sinsiTurkish
- xảo quyệtVietnamese
- 陰險Chinese
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