double-dealing English

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What does double-dealing mean?

double-dealing

— noun (= duplicity) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

— adjective (= deceitful, double-faced) 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

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double-dealing English » English

duplicity

double-faced

two-faced

duplicitous

double-tongued

deceitful

deceit

ambidextrous

treachery

false

equivocation

double-crossing

disingenuousness

Janus-faced

wrong side out

untruthful

untrue

unfaithful

tricksy

treasonous

treasonable

treacherous

traitorous

timeserver

sneaky

shoddy

reverse

renegade

punic

prevarication

perfidy

perfidiousness

opposite

obliquity

obliqueness

mendacious

indirection

hypocrisy

fraudulence

faithless

double-dealer

double tongue

disloyal

disingenuous

dishonourable

devious

delusory

deceptiveness

deceitfulness

both sides