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A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.
This lent a new insidiousness to his temptation, since her contempt would be a refuge from his own.
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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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insidiousness — index artifice, bad faith, deceit, fraud, improbity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
insidiousness — insidious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, with harmful effect. DERIVATIVES insidiously adverb insidiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin insidiosus cunning … English terms dictionary
Insidiousness — Insidious In*sid i*ous, 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insidiousness — noun see insidious … New Collegiate Dictionary
insidiousness — See insidiously. * * * … Universalium
insidiousness — in sid·i·ous·ness || ɪn sɪdɪəsnɪs n. craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness; subtle treacherousness … English contemporary dictionary
insidiousness — in·sid·i·ous·ness … English syllables
insidiousness — See: insidious … English dictionary
insidiousness — noun 1. subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease) • Derivationally related forms: ↑insidious • Hypernyms: ↑harmfulness, ↑injuriousness 2. the quality of being designed to entrap • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
