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INSIDIOUS

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious wayplay

Example:

a subtle poison

Synonyms:

insidious; pernicious; subtle

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)

Derivation:

insidiousness (subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Intended to entrapplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)

Derivation:

insidiousness (the quality of being designed to entrap)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Beguiling but harmfulplay

Example:

insidious pleasures

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

seductive (tending to entice into a desired action or state)

Derivation:

insidiousness (the quality of being designed to entrap)

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 Context examples: 

He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career—when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)




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