insidious

Signification (Anglais)

1. Causing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
2. Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.
3. (nonstandard) Treacherous.

Concepts

insidieux

astucieux

perfide

traître

dangereux

malintentionné

malsain

menacer

nuisible

subtil

pièger

préparer un piège

délétère

dresser des embûches

Synonymes

treacherous

perfidious

subtle

deceitful

pernicious

cunning

crafty

underhand

guileful

sly

wily

serpentine

devious

sneaky

snaky

vulpine

artful

ill-intentioned

catty

conniving

deceptive

evil-minded

hangdog

malevolent

shady

shifty

sinister

smart

sneak

traitorous

treasonable

underhanded

Traductions

insidioso

insidioso

heimtückisch

arglistig

astuto

hinterlistig

hain

perfido

insidioso

tückisch

hinterhältig

traiçoeiro

pérfido

sinsi

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈsɪdi.əs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French insidieux, from Latin īnsidiōsus (“cunning, artful, deceitful”), from īnsidiae (“a lying in wait, an ambush, artifice, stratagem”) + -ōsus, from īnsideō (“to sit in or on”), from in (“in, on”) + sedeō (“to sit”).