INSIDIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being designed to entrap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("insidiousness" is a kind of...):

perfidiousness; perfidy; treachery (betrayal of a trust)

Derivation:

insidious (intended to entrap)

insidious (beguiling but harmful)

Meaning:

Subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("insidiousness" is a kind of...):

harmfulness; injuriousness (destructiveness that causes harm or injury)

Derivation:

insidious (working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way)