Definitions for insidious

insidious in·sid·i·ous

Spelling: [in-sid-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ɪnˈsɪd i əs/

Insidious is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in insidious (diiinossu).

Definitions for insidious

adjective

  1. intended to entrap or beguile:
  2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful:
  3. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect:

Origin of insidious

1535-45; Latin insidiōsus deceitful, equivalent to insidi(ae) (plural) an ambush (derivative of insidēre to sit in or on) + -ōsus -ous; see

Examples for insidious

She put Count Albert on his guard against this insidious enemy.

This petition was an insidious blow at one of the most important of our industries.

This would be dismissible, but it actually had an insidious impact.

His delighted vanity found in it the most insidious of compliments, as she had intended.

Its insidious reach enters into medical offices and chokes off the free-speech rights of the people trying to work there.

Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.

The act of erasure through mis- or under-representation is an insidious one.

Persuasive is the voice of Vice, That spreads the insidious snare.

The strong man must at all times be alert to the attack of insidious disease.

However, an insidious form of segregation, happening within the educational system, belies this simplistic view.

Word Value for insidious
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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