insidious
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
beguiling but harmful
insidious pleasures
Related & opposite
- insidiousness derivation
- seductive similar to
Sense 2 adjective
intended to entrap
Related & opposite
- insidiousness derivation
- dangerous similar to
Sense 3 adjective
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
glaucoma is an insidious disease
Related & opposite
- perniciousness derivation
- insidiousness derivation
- harmful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insidiousness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | seductive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insidiousness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dangerous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perniciousness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insidiousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | harmful |