āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
insidious
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insidious
01
āĻāĻĒāĻ, āĻāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
designed to lure, ensnare, or catch someone in a deceitful way
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scam was insidious, built to trick the elderly.
āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ°
gradually causing harm without being obvious at first
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Stress often has insidious effects on the body.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻĒāĻ, āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨
(of illnesses or conditions) progressing unnoticed until advanced
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The insidious cancer spread before doctors detected it.
āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
insidiously
insidiousness
insidious
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
