double-faced

2 definitions found

double-faced - 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]

double-faced - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]