double-tongued

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double-tongued - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Double-tongued \Dou"ble-tongued`\, a.
     Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
  
     Syn: deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, Janus-faced,
          two-faced.
          [1913 Webster]
  
                Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
                double-tongued.                     --1 Tim. iii.
                                                    8.
          [1913 Webster]

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

  double-tongued
      adj 1: 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]