- Having two faces or surfaces.
- Hypocritical or double-dealing; deceitful.
two-facedness two'-fac'ed·ness n.
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Dictionary:
two-faced (tū'fāst') |
| Thesaurus: two-faced |
adjective
| Antonyms: two-faced |
Definition: deceitful, insincere
Antonyms: honest, sincere
| WordNet: two-faced |
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
| Translations: Two-faced |
Nederlands (Dutch)
dubbelhartig
Français (French)
adj. - hypocrite, fourbe
Deutsch (German)
adj. - falsch, heuchlerisch, mit zwei Gesichtern
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διπρόσωπος
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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