two-faced

[ too-feyst ]
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adjective
  1. having two faces.

  2. deceitful or hypocritical.

Origin of two-faced

1
First recorded in 1610–20

Other words for two-faced

Other words from two-faced

  • two-fac·ed·ly [too-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-lee], /ˈtuˈfeɪ sɪd li, -ˈfeɪst li/, adverb
  • two-fac·ed·ness, noun

Words Nearby two-faced

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How to use two-faced in a sentence

  • But now let the interpretation of the two-faced image be produced.

    The City of God, Volume I | Aurelius Augustine
  • Like the two-faced Jannet, as Mrs. Murchison had once called that heathen deity, she kept the benignant aspect for him.

    Mammon and Co. | E. F. Benson

British Dictionary definitions for two-faced

two-faced

adjective
  1. deceitful; insincere; hypocritical

Derived forms of two-faced

  • two-facedly (ˌtuːˈfeɪsɪdlɪ, -ˈfeɪst-), adverb
  • two-facedness, noun

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