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Dictionary: two-faced   ('fāst')
adj.
  1. Having two faces or surfaces.
  2. Hypocritical or double-dealing; deceitful.
two-facedly two'-fac'ed·ly (-fā'sĭd-lē, -fāst') adv.
two-facedness two'-fac'ed·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Of or practicing hypocrisy: hypocritical, Pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, phony, sanctimonious. See honest/dishonest.
  2. Being or acting so as to conceal one's real intentions: double, double-dealing, double-faced. See honest/dishonest.

Antonyms: two-faced
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adj

Definition: deceitful, insincere
Antonyms: honest, sincere


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: 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, double-faced, double-tongued

Meaning #2: having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
  Synonym: Janus-faced


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - falsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
dubbelhartig

Français (French)
adj. - hypocrite, fourbe

Deutsch (German)
adj. - falsch, heuchlerisch, mit zwei Gesichtern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διπρόσωπος

Italiano (Italian)
ipocrita

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - falso (m), de duas caras, hipócrita

Русский (Russian)
двуличный, лицемерный, лживый, двуликий (рим. бог Гнус)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - falso, de dos caras

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - med två ansikten, falsk, hycklad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
两面的, 两面派的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 兩面的, 兩面派的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 두 얼굴을 가진, 일구 이언의, 위선적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 2面ある, 裏表のある, 偽善的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مراء, ذو وجهين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דו-פרצופי‬


 
 
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