Associations to the word «Insidious»

Wiktionary

INSIDIOUS, adjective. Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
INSIDIOUS, adjective. Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.
INSIDIOUS, adjective. (nonstandard) Treacherous.

Dictionary definition

INSIDIOUS, adjective. Beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures".
INSIDIOUS, adjective. Intended to entrap.
INSIDIOUS, adjective. Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley