- Having two faces or aspects.
- Usable on both sides: double-faced fabric.
- Duplicitous; hypocritical.
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Dictionary:
dou·ble-faced (dŭb'əl-fāst') |
| Thesaurus: double-faced |
adjective
| Architecture: double-faced |
1. Descriptive of any joinery, as a molding, which is formed of two parts having faces in different planes.
2. Any material which is finished on both sides.
| WordNet: double-faced |
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
(of fabrics) having faces on both sides
Meaning #2:
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-tongued
| Translations: Double-faced |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - falsk, vendbar, med to retsider
Nederlands (Dutch)
dubbelhartig, oneerlijk
Français (French)
adj. - à double face, hypocrite, (Tex) réversible
Deutsch (German)
adj. - heuchlerisch, beidseitig (Stoff)
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διπρόσωπος, διπλής όψεως, ντουμπλ φας
Italiano (Italian)
doppio, ipocrita
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - hipócrita
Español (Spanish)
adj. - de dos caras, de doble faz, hipócrita
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - falsk, dubbelnatur
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
假装的, 双面的, 奸诈的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 假裝的, 雙面的, 奸詐的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 양면의, 딴 마음을 품은
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 両面のある, 二心のある, 偽善的な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مرائي, ذو وجهين أو سطحين
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - דו-פרצופי
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| double-tongued | |
| janus-faced |
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