double-tongued Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
    double-dealing; two-faced; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous.
    • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
    • a double-dealing double agent
    • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

WordNet


Dou"ble-tongued` adjective
Definitions
  1. Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
    Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.

Webster 1913