how to pronounce insidious

/ˌɪnˈsɪˌdiːəs/

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insidious is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of insidious in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… she sees it as insidious eating away at …”

meanings of insidious

adjective:

Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful. Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch's insidious gingerbread house.
Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
Treacherous. The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.

insidious frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word insidious occurs in english on average 2.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics insidious can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that insidious can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;