| slovo | definícia |
insidious
(mass) | insidious
- zákerný |
insidious
(encz) | insidious,zákeřný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Insidious
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper.
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2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
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The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
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3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
[PJC]
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
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insidious
(wn) | insidious
adj 1: beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures"
2: intended to entrap
3: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
"glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" [syn:
insidious, pernicious, subtle] |
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insidious
(mass) | insidious
- zákerný |
insidious
(encz) | insidious,zákeřný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
insidiously
(encz) | insidiously,zákeřně adv: Zdeněk Brožinsidiously,záludně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
insidiousness
(encz) | insidiousness,rafinovanost n: Zdeněk Brožinsidiousness,zákeřnost n: Zdeněk Brožinsidiousness,zrádnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Insidious disease
(gcide) | 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; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
[1913 Webster]
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster]
3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
[PJC]
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
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Insidiously
(gcide) | 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; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
[1913 Webster]
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster]
3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
[PJC]
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
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insidiousness
(gcide) | insidiousness \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]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; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
[1913 Webster]
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster]
3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
[PJC]
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Insidiousness
(gcide) | insidiousness \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]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; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
[1913 Webster]
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster]
3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
[PJC]
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
insidious
(wn) | insidious
adj 1: beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures"
2: intended to entrap
3: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
"glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" [syn:
insidious, pernicious, subtle] |
insidiously
(wn) | insidiously
adv 1: in a harmfully insidious manner; "these drugs act
insidiously" [syn: insidiously, perniciously] |
insidiousness
(wn) | insidiousness
n 1: subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
2: the quality of being designed to entrap |
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