insidious

Significado (Inglês)

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

Conceitos

insidioso

traiçoeiro

pérfido

insidiar

insidiador

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

insidieux

insidioso

heimtückisch

arglistig

astuto

perfido

hain

sinsi

pérfido

tückisch

hinterhältig

hinterlistig

insidioso

ماكر

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪnˈsɪdi.əs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).