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Insidious Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Insidious has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

beguiling but harmful

"insidious pleasures"

2

intended to entrap

3

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

"glaucoma is an insidious disease"

"a subtle poison"

4

Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

Example Sentences
"insidious pleasures" adjective
"glaucoma is an insidious disease" adjective
"a subtle poison" adjective
See Also
insidiously treacherous gradual harmful stealthy insidiousness red under bed subtle
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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