Synonyms for insidious
ɪnˈsɪd i əsin·sid·i·ous

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1. insidious

   Synonyms:
   wily, treacherous, designing, dangerous, deceitful, sly, crafty, artful

   Antonyms:
   straightforward, sincere, undesigning, innocuous

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1. insidiousadjective

   beguiling but harmful

   "insidious pleasures"

   Synonyms:
   subtle, pernicious

   Antonyms:
   safe, unseductive, harmless

2. insidiousadjective

   intended to entrap

   Synonyms:
   subtle, pernicious

   Antonyms:
   unseductive, harmless, safe

3. insidious, 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, deadly

   Antonyms:
   harmless, safe, unseductive

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1. insidiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   artful, sly, wily, arch, crafty, cunning, subtle, intriguing, designing, deceitful, treacherous, crooked, trickish, TRICKY, foxy, snaky, diplomatic, machiavelian

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1. List of paraphrases for "insidious":

   treacherous, underhand, sinister, scheming, wily, pervasive, sneaky, devious

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1. Edgar Cayce:

   Healing of the physical without the change in the mental and spiritual aspects brings little real help to the individual in the end. How true, because the mind and the body imprint and imitate each other. What we think, we become. What we become, we think. It's an insidious process that can predispose us to illness or it can lead us to health.

2. Avielle Foundation:

   Jeremy Richman was deeply devoted to supporting research into brain abnormalities that are linked to abnormal behavior and to promoting brain health. Tragically, Jeremy Richman death speaks to how insidious and formidable a challenge brain health can be and how critical it is for all of us to seek help for ourselves, our loved ones and anyone who we suspect may be in need, jeremy's mission will be carried on by the many who love Jeremy Richman, including many who share the heartache and trauma that Jeremy Richman has suffered since December 14, 2012. We are crushed to pieces, but this important work will continue, because, as Jeremy Richman would say, we have to.

3. Shannon Watts:

   The gun lobby has been so insidious in this country in taking away the responsibilities that go along with gun rights.

4. Naomi Kahn:

   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.

5. Paul Mangiamele:

   What’s happening right now with other brands is an insidious disease called brand drift, these places get new CEOs and new owners with their own ideas who don’t appreciate or respect the culture and components that made these brands highfliers at one time. We’re taking dead aim at Outback Steakhouse because I think their brand is drifting. People are tired of the Bloomin’ Onion. They’re looking for something else in a value-priced steakhouse.