two-faced 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; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
    • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
    • a double-dealing double agent
    • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
  2. adjective satellite having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
    Janus-faced.
    • Janus the two-faced god

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