English-Italian translations for insidious

• insidioso
  Un velo insidioso sta offuscando la nostra vista senza che ce ne accorgiamo. An insidious veil is clouding our vision, and we cannot even see it.
  Il grooming è molto insidioso perché l'approccio è apparentemente più soft. 'Grooming' is particularly insidious because the advances appear to be 'softer'.
  Il male dell'immigrazione continua a diffondersi insidioso. The evil of migration continues its insidious spread.

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