Insidious

  • 11insidious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, with harmful effect. DERIVATIVES insidiously adverb insidiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin insidiosus cunning …

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  • 12Insidious — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Insidious Produktionsland Vereinigte Staaten …

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  • 13insidious — insidiously, adv. insidiousness, n. /in sid ee euhs/, adj. 1. intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan. 2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful: an insidious enemy. 3. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way… …

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  • 14insidious — [[t]ɪnsɪ̱diəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED 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... They focus on overt… …

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  • 15insidious — in•sid•i•ous [[t]ɪnˈsɪd i əs[/t]] adj. 1) intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan[/ex] 2) stealthily treacherous or deceitful: an insidious enemy[/ex] 3) operating or proceeding inconspicuously but with grave effect: an insidious… …

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  • 16insidious — /ɪnˈsɪdiəs / (say in sideeuhs) adjective 1. intended to trap or deceive: an insidious plot. 2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful: an insidious enemy. 3. operating or proceeding inconspicuously but with grave effect: an insidious disease. {Latin …

  • 17insidious — adjective Etymology: Latin insidiosus, from insidiae ambush, from insidēre to sit in, sit on, from in + sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 1545 1. a. awaiting a chance to entrap ; treacherous b. harmful but enticing ; seductive …

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  • 18Insidious — Infobox Album | Name = Insidious Type = Album Artist = Mephisto Walz Released = June 4, 2004 Recorded = Genre = Gothic Death Rock Length = 43:80 Label = Alice In... (Germany) Producer = Mephisto Walz This album = Insidious (2004) The 5th full… …

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  • 19insidious — adjective a) Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner. Strong and vigorous man as he looks, Livingstone has been for years the victim of a secret and insidious disease. b) Intending to entrap; alluring but …

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  • 20insidious — in|sid|i|ous [ınˈsıdiəs] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: insidiosus, from insidiae attack from a hiding place , from insidere to sit on, lie in wait , from sedere to sit ] an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without… …

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