two-faced
Americanadjective
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having two faces.
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deceitful or hypocritical.
- Synonyms:
- false, dishonest, devious, treacherous
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of two-faced
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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At his sentencing, Judge P Kevin Castel called him a "two-faced politician" who had used his influence and national security forces to protect drug traffickers who had bribed and supported him.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“The Palm House” is hard on perceived sellouts, such as Edmund’s commercially minded boss and an oddly two-faced TV producer who briefly enters Laura’s orbit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
“No. It just made me question how I was doing it. And not everyone’s a two-faced liar. There are some good ones out there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
It speaks to our pickle as consumers that I have been stewing over this two-faced selling approach for weeks and am still not sure if I should want to stop it.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2025
There’s more about any and all in the chapter on verbs, None is the most difficult of the two-faced words, those that can be either singular or plural.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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