SUBTLE

(adj.) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
"glaucoma is an insidious disease", "a subtle poison"
synonyms : insidious , pernicious
He was completely unaware of the pernicious disease eating him up from inside. -added by naila_inlas

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insidious pest eating tomato.
(adj.) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
"his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change", "a subtle difference", "that elusive thing the soul"
synonyms : elusive
(adj.) able to make fine distinctions
"a subtle mind"

Mnemonics for subtle

(Tag: english) sub+tle(title) without subtitle it is difficult to understand the other languages
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(Tag: ) subtle:substitute,if a main player is down,then coach will substitute him and the the substitute is not known n difficult to detect....
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(Tag: ) SUB(down)+TELL- so down that it is difficult to tell/percieve
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(Tag: English) see SUB+ btle sounds like BATTLE a subject which acts like battle is very difficult to decipher or understand
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(Tag: ) subtle:-The people who are cleaver always destroy subtract tail so that nobody can find them.
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