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insidious

C1 adj

insidious /ɪnˈsɪdi.əs/ nghĩa là ngấm ngầm, âm thầm gây hại

Các nghĩa

  1. ngấm ngầm, âm thầm gây hại

    Causing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

    Strong and vigorous man as he looks, Livingstone has been for years the victim of a secret and insidious disease.

    At some point in time they may become the source of an insidious cancer.

    The nurse always must be alert to signs of slow leak or insidious infiltration.

  2. xảo quyệt, cám dỗ nguy hiểm

    Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.

    Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.

    The insidious whispers of the bad angel.

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