English-Spanish translations for insidious

• insidioso
  Es un velo insidioso que cubre nuestra visión, y ni siquiera alcanzamos a verlo. An insidious veil is clouding our vision, and we cannot even see it.
  Señor Presidente, Señorías, las bombas de fragmentación son armas de un tipo particularmente insidioso. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, cluster bombs are weapons of a particularly insidious kind.
  Las vidas humanas no solo se ven amenazadas por las inundaciones, sino también por el peligro insidioso y constante de la sequía. Human lives are not just threatened by floods, but also by the insidious and permanent threat of drought.

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