Double-faced

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Double-faced \Dou"ble-faced`\, a.
     1. Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced
        hammer.
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     2. Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. --Milton.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  double-faced
       adj 1: (of fabrics) having faces on both sides; "damask is a
              double-faced fabric"
       2: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending
          one set of feelings and acting under the influence of
          another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"-
          Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a
          double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
          [syn: {ambidextrous}, {deceitful}, {double-dealing}, {duplicitous},
           {Janus-faced}, {two-faced}, {double-tongued}]