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Dictionary: dou·ble-faced   (dŭb'əl-fāst')
adj.
  1. Having two faces or aspects.
  2. Usable on both sides: double-faced fabric.
  3. Duplicitous; hypocritical.

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Thesaurus: double-faced
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adjective

    Being or acting so as to conceal one's real intentions: double, double-dealing, two-faced. See honest/dishonest.

Architecture: double-faced
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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
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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
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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

Русский (Russian)
двуличный

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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