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insidious


 
  Grep  of  noun  insidious 
  insidiousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  insidious 
 
  The  adj  insidious  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  insidious  --  (beguiling  but  harmful;  "insidious  pleasures") 
  2.  insidious  --  (intended  to  entrap) 
  3.  insidious,  pernicious,  subtle  --  (working  or  spreading  in  a  hidden  and  usually  injurious  way  "glaucoma  is  an  insidious  disease";  "a  subtle  poison") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  insidious 
 
  3  senses  of  insidious 
 
  Sense  1 
  insidious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  seductive)  ->  unseductive 
 
  Sense  2 
  insidious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dangerous)  ->  safe 
 
  Sense  3 
  insidious,  pernicious,  subtle 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  harmful)  ->  harmless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  insidious 
 
  3  senses  of  insidious 
 
  Sense  1 
  insidious 
  =>  seductive  (vs.  unseductive) 
 
  Sense  2 
  insidious 
  =>  dangerous  (vs.  safe),  unsafe 
 
  Sense  3 
  insidious,  pernicious,  subtle 
  =>  harmful  (vs.  harmless) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  insidious 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  insidious 
 
  insidious  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  insidious 
  insidious 
 
  Overview  of  adj  insidious 
 
  The  adj  insidious  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  insidious  --  (beguiling  but  harmful;  "insidious  pleasures") 
  2.  insidious  --  (intended  to  entrap) 
  3.  insidious,  pernicious,  subtle  --  (working  or  spreading  in  a  hidden  and  usually  injurious  way  "glaucoma  is  an  insidious  disease";  "a  subtle  poison") 



insidious definition