Associations to the word «Insidious»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.