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two-faced
[ too-feyst ]
adjective
- having two faces.
- deceitful or hypocritical.
Synonyms: false, dishonest, devious, treacherous
two-faced
/ -ˈfeɪst-; ˌtuːˈfeɪsɪdlɪ /
adjective
- deceitful; insincere; hypocritical
Derived Forms
- ˌtwo-ˈfacedness, noun
- two-facedly, adverb
Other Words From
- two-fac·ed·ly [too, -, fey, -sid-lee, -, feyst, -lee], adverb
- two-faced·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of two-faced1
Example Sentences
Moscow is conveniently two-faced when it comes to disarming pro-Russian separatists.
He argues that the Islamists are two-faced and engage in doublespeak.
Voltaire's procedure, one can gather, is polite, but two-faced; not sublime on this occasion.
What sort of a two-faced scoundrel is this Hooligan, that he helps criminals in such work?
I'm going to write a story, the whole rotten story about your precious father and his two-faced life.
But now let the interpretation of the two-faced image be produced.
Like the two-faced Jannet, as Mrs. Murchison had once called that heathen deity, she kept the benignant aspect for him.
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