insidiousness
1insidiousness — n. A subtle and cumulative harmfulness, especially of a disease. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the quality of being designed to entrap. [WordNet 1.5] …
2insidiousness — index artifice, bad faith, deceit, fraud, improbity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3insidiousness — noun 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 …
4insidiousness — insidious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, with harmful effect. DERIVATIVES insidiously adverb insidiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin insidiosus cunning …
5Insidiousness — 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;… …
6insidiousness — noun see insidious …
7insidiousness — See insidiously. * * * …
8insidiousness — in sid·i·ous·ness || ɪn sɪdɪəsnɪs n. craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness; subtle treacherousness …
9insidiousness — in·sid·i·ous·ness …
10insidiousness — See: insidious …
