9 ผลลัพธ์ สำหรับ insidiou
หรือค้นหา: -insidiou-, *insidiou*
Possible hiragana form: いんしぢおう

ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
insidiouIn junior high and high schools, they say insidious forms of bullying are on the rise.

WordNet (3.0)
insidious(adj) beguiling but harmful, Example: insidious pleasures
insidious(adj) intended to entrap
insidious(adj) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way, Syn. subtle, pernicious, Example: glaucoma is an insidious disease; a subtle poison
insidiously(adv) in a harmfully insidious manner, Syn. perniciously, Example: these drugs act insidiously
insidiousness(n) subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
insidiousness(n) the quality of being designed to entrap

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
Insidious

a. [ L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See Sit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. “The insidious witch.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The insidious whisper of the bad angel. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as, an insidious disease; an insidious plot. [ PJC ]


Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is.

Syn. -- Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful; circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive.

-- In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

insidiousness

n. A subtle and cumulative harmfulness, especially of a disease. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the quality of being designed to entrap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]


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