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Having two faces or plane surfaces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Deceitful, duplicitous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Hypocritical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Janus-faced
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
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, double-faced, double-tongued
Antonyms: none provided
From two + faced, modelled after earlier English twi-faced.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ذُو وَجْهَيْن
(ḏū wajhayn)
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Bulgarian:
с две лица
(s dve lica)
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Finnish:
kaksipuolinen
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Greek:
διπρόσωπος
(diprósopos)
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Ido:
bifacia
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Italian:
bifronte
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Macedonian:
дволик
(dvolik)
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Macedonian:
двостран
(dvostran)
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Persian:
دورو
(do-ru)
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Russian:
двусторо́нний
(dvustorónnij)
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Swedish:
tvåsidig
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Swedish:
bilateral
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Turkish:
çift taraflı
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Welsh:
dauwynebog
— having two faces or plane surfaces
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Albanian:
lagaterë
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Arabic:
ذُو وَجْهَيْن
(ḏū wajhayn)
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Azerbaijani:
ikiüzlü
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Bulgarian:
двуличен
(dvuličen)
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Finnish:
kaksinaamainen
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Finnish:
kiero
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Finnish:
vilpillinen
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Greek:
διπρόσωπος
(diprósopos)
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Hindi:
दुरंगा
(duraṅgā)
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Hindi:
दोग़ला
(doġlā)
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Hungarian:
kétszínű
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Latin:
varius
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Manx:
lhiam-lhiat
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Scottish Gaelic:
leam-leat
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Turkish:
ikiyüzlü
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Udi:
пӏаъчъола
(ṗa̱č:ola)
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Welsh:
dauwynebog
— Deceitful, duplicitous
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Arabic:
ذُو وَجْهَيْن
(ḏū wajhayn)
— Hypocritical
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Azerbaijani:
ikiüzlü
— Hypocritical
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Finnish:
tekopyhä
— Hypocritical
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Greek:
διπρόσωπος
(diprósopos)
— Hypocritical
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Hindi:
दोग़ला
(doġlā)
— Hypocritical
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Indonesian:
bermuka dua
— Hypocritical
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Irish:
béalchráifeach
— Hypocritical
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Macedonian:
дволичен
(dvoličen)
— Hypocritical
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Macedonian:
лицемерен
(licemeren)
— Hypocritical
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Udi:
пӏаъчъола
(ṗa̱č:ola)
— Hypocritical
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Welsh:
dauwynebog
— Hypocritical
