insidious (s)
pernicious (s)
subtle (s)

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type s
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def working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
examples glaucoma is an insidious disease
a subtle poison
Outgoing links
Similar to harmful
Derivationally related form pernicious → perniciousness
Derivationally related form insidious → insidiousness
Incoming links
Similar to harmful
Derived from adjective insidiously → insidious
Derivationally related form perniciousness → pernicious
Derivationally related form insidiousness → insidious

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