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insidiousnesses

insidiousnesses is the plural of insidiousness.

Meaning of insidiousness

Noun

insidiousness (usually uncountable, plural insidiousnesses)

  1. (usually) A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.
    • This lent a new insidiousness to his temptation, since her contempt would be a refuge from his own.1900, Edith Wharton, chapter 8, in The Touchstone

Questions about insidiousnesses

What is insidiousnesses the plural of?
Insidiousnesses is the plural of insidiousness.

Words near insidiousnesses in the dictionary

  1. insidiosities
  2. insidiosity
  3. insidious
  4. insidiously
  5. insidiousness
  6. insidiousnesses
  7. insiduous
  8. insight
  9. insighted
  10. insightful
  11. insightfully

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