two-faced
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- adjective
- /ˈtuːˌfeɪst/
- Offensive
- I have never seen someone be so two-faced in my life.
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Watch on YouTubeYet the two faced nature of the British does not end there.
- Yet the two faced nature of the British does not end there.
- It's kind of Iago, like two faced, but that's not the crime.
Examples
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As far as a candidate for VP, no, if he's two-faced now, just think what he'd be as a VP.
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I used to be two-faced in my teaching.
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Another dilemma for the Chinese is that they are living in a two-faced society.
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Without getting too deep into it, he's kind of a two-faced person.
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If Obama plays it well, he could make Romney look like a two-faced hypocrite.
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She felt that her colleague was two-faced for pretending to support her while secretly undermining her work.
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In this competitive environment, being two-faced can be a survival tactic as people often hide their true intentions.
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He was often criticized for being two-faced, as he would compliment someone to their face but insult them behind their back.
Synonyms
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6.1
Acting like you have strong moral rules when you do not follow them
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Acting in a dishonest way to make people believe something untrue
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Pretending to feel one way while acting another way
Appearing friendly while secretly acting in a dishonest way
To pretend to feel one thing while acting the opposite
Showing one feeling while acting differently to trick people
Antonyms
How Insincere
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word two-faced comes from the image of someone with two faces, or 'two faces', showing one face to you and hiding the other. So it means a person who pretends to be friendly but is not honest.