English-Finnish translations for insidious

• salakavala
  Se on kuin salakavala verho, joka samentaa katseemme kuin huomaamattamme. An insidious veil is clouding our vision, and we cannot even see it.
  Edellisessä puheenvuorossa Schierhuber totesi, että skrapie on hyvin salakavala tauti. In the previous speech Mrs Schierhuber said that scrapies is an insidious disease.
  kirjallinen. - (DE) Alzheimer on salakavala tauti, johon ei ole löydetty tehokasta lääkitystä laajamittaisesta tutkimuksesta huolimatta. Alzheimer's is an insidious disease for which there are no effective drugs, despite extensive research.
• juonikas

Definition of insidious

• Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner
• Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful
• Treacherous

Examples

• Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.
• The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.

Related words

• inside
• insider
• insides
• mountainside
• insidiously
• insidiousness
• inside job
• inside out
• inside information