Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having two faces or surfaces.
- adjective Hypocritical or double-dealing; deceitful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having two faces, like the Roman deity Janus.
- Double-faced in intention; double-dealing; practising duplicity.
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- adjective having two
faces orplane surfaces - adjective
deceitful ,hypocritical orduplicitous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
- adjective having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
Etymologies
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Examples
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By ‘faces’ he may have been referring to the two-faced megalith that would appear.
Monolith John Passarella 2004
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By ‘faces’ he may have been referring to the two-faced megalith that would appear.
Monolith John Passarella 2004
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How can these two-faced politicians from both sides of the isles claim to hold any morals in their personal lives and then claim they are not compromising themselves when they vote against their own self proclaimed moral beliefs?!
Bishop bars Patrick Kennedy from communion over abortion 2009
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They don't care that this response from Palin is a classic example of her two-faced, self-contradictory stances on many public issues.
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Shuwanda was only being Shuwanda—a messy, backstabbing, two-faced bitch.
Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011
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The two-faced behavior that our politicians have displayed during this entire farce is nothing short of DISGUSTING.
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I loved his speech, Thank You President Obama for reminding the World that we are a Peaceful nation, that we are a country of compassion, for far to long we have been seen as the double standard, two-faced bullies Thank you Sir!
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I don't write often but this made me sit up and take notice of another two-faced person that will run for office.
Fueling speculation, Dobbs appears to soften on key issue 2009
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So how long do they think two-faced idiots should be allowed to keep the floor?
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It's time to stop voting for these two-faced politicians.
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