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double-crossing

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Which double-crosses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

That dirty, double-crossing bastard!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, doublehearted, faithless, false, falseheart, false-hearted, guiled, guileful, hollow-hearted, illoyal, infidelitous, insidious, Judaslike, Judasly, nonfaithful, perfidious, proditorious, proditory, Punic, ratlike, recreant, renegade, reptilian, reptitious, swike, traitorish, traitorlike, traitorly, traitorous, traitorsome, treacherous, treachersome, trothless, unfaithful, unleal, unloyal, unsteadfast, untrue, viperish, viperous

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

Betrayal; a double-cross.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of double-cross

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 4

an act of betrayal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

he gave us the old double cross
I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: double cross

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy

History

Etymology

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Word forms

Inflections and variants

more double-crossing — comparative
most double-crossing — superlative
double-crossings — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: double cross

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Other relationships

Hypernyms: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy

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