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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (of fabrics) having faces on both sides;
- Example: "damask is a double-faced fabric"

2. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;
- Example: "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
- Example: "a double-dealing double agent"
- Example: "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
[syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Double-faced \Dou"ble-faced`\, a.
   1. Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced
      hammer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

double-faced
    adj 1: (of fabrics) having faces on both sides; "damask is a
           double-faced fabric"
    2: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending
       one set of feelings and acting under the influence of
       another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel
       Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced
       infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray [syn:
       ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous,
       Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]