insidious in English

adjective
1
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
sexually transmitted diseases can be insidious and sometimes without symptoms

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1. The mental scars are more insidious.

2. Another possible risk is more insidious.

3. He is not amenable to insidious influence.

4. It was far worse, more insidious, more destructive.

5. Insidious it is, it Befouleth even the purest of humors

6. Meanwhile, other insidious challenges to the Bible were developing.

7. Or was Scheck working here at something more insidious?

8. Insidious Blackmailed porn videos are full of cunning perverted guys.

9. The third factor, hygiene, is perhaps the most insidious and difficult to control.

10. High-blood pressure is an insidious condition which has few symptoms.

11. Hence, he uses insidious propaganda to plant that idea in our minds.

12. Thoughtcrime is a dreadful thing, old man, ' he said sententiously. 'It's insidious.

13. More usually, however, the mental effects of stress are subtle and insidious.

14. Integration, he said, was "an insidious subterfuge, for the maintenance of white supremacy."

15. Cheating: See: artifice , bunko , deceit , deceptive , dishonest , dishonesty , embezzlement , fraud , fraudulent , insidious , knavery , machiavellian , perfidious

16. Cobweb A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary

17. She tried to stifle the insidious army of questions tentatively beginning to attack her.

18. She could only blame the sun, and the sea, and the insidious calypso music.

19. There is an insidious onset of complaints, several days after exposure or shock etc.

20. No, the threat behind the horoscope had been deeper and more insidious than that.

21. Particularly insidious is the unobtrusive process of grooming for partnership, as revealed in the survey.

22. But below the sort of solemn and respectful expression trenchant and insidious uneasiness and panic.

23. It is a noxious and insidious notion that insults the intellectual abilities of black students.

24. Those words of a 19th-century poet call attention to an insidious danger: the misuse of power.

25. 10 How can we resist the insidious spirit of the world and keep ourselves in God’s love?

26. 28 She tried to stifle the insidious army of questions tentatively beginning to attack her.

27. Also not to be discounted is the insidious influence of Jehovah God’s enemy, Satan the Devil.

28. 6 The insidious course, the behavioural disturbances, and the distress of Alzheimer's disease make this uncommon.

29. And if you think about it, it's even more insidious and perverse than it seems at first.

30. 28 The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years.

31. Yet, there is a far more insidious lawless element that has been at work for many centuries.

32. Pollution, though often more insidious in its effects, can cause ill-health and even permanent intellectual impairment.

33. But confronting the principalities of darkness which foster this insidious violence has meant experiencing spiritual warfare as never before.

34. All patients had insidious onset and slow progression of behavioral and cognitive dysfunction accompanied by daytime somnolence and headache.

35. The clinical picture often takes an insidious course. Acute abdomen may also be caused by enteric intussusception.

36. Paradoxically, community councils are an insidious form of planning since they stem indirectly from the dominant ideology.

37. Once again, it was the insidious, unseen nature of the threat which made it even more unpleasant.

38. Perhaps the most insidious aspect of this movie is the travelogue-porno style in which it is shot.

39. The authorities should move to repeal the insidious laws on ‘foreign agents’ and ‘undesirable’ foreign organizations without delay.

40. 17 Paradoxically, community councils are an insidious form of planning since they stem indirectly from the dominant ideology.

41. Ageism is one of the most insidious forms of discrimination, one which is widely accepted and rarely challenged.

42. “The authorities should move to repeal the insidious laws on ‘foreign agents’ and ‘undesirable’ foreign organizations without delay.”

43. Satan has destroyed countless wholesome, trusting relationships through insidious doubts planted in that way. —Galatians 5:7-9.

44. 22 Once again, it was the insidious, unseen nature of the threat which made it even more unpleasant.

45. Now, as they labor to protect what remains, Chinese preservationists are facing a new, equally insidious threat: gentrification.

46. Those who no longer wish to disregard the insidious pollution and degradation of the environment are driven to despair.

47. It warns that pollutants in the water may be causing insidious neurological damage in children, and infertility in adults.

48. Even more insidious, perhaps, is the rapid acceptance of capital-budgeting techniques, which involve discounting calculations for assessing strategic investments.

49. Compartment syndrome may occur acutely, often following trauma, or as a chronic syndrome, seen most often in athletes, that presents as insidious pain

50. The insidious cold was once more creeping over George and he sank to the ground benumbed and unwilling to make an effort.