adj
Meaning 1
Having two functional faces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a double-faced hammer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: two-faced
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
double-faced
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adj
Meaning 2
Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: double-hearted, Janus-faced, two-faced, beguiling, deceitful, deceptious, deceptive, deceptory, fallacious, fraudful, fraudulent, mendacious, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, 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
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another- Israel Zangwill- W.M.Thackeray
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was a deceitful scheming little thing
- a double-dealing double agent
- a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-tongued
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(of fabrics) having faces on both sides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- damask is a double-faced fabric
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: двуличен (dvuličen) — hypocritical; treacherous
- Bulgarian: лицемерен (licemeren) — hypocritical; treacherous
- Finnish: kaksinaamainen — hypocritical; treacherous
- Finnish: petollinen — hypocritical; treacherous
- Finnish: kavala — hypocritical; treacherous
- Turkish: ikiyüzlü — hypocritical; treacherous