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
- two-facedly adverb
- two-facedness noun
Etymology
Origin of two-faced
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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“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
Moments later, he admitted he was, and always had been, a two-faced traitor - meaning he had won the £95,000 prize.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 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
According to Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, the oldest living two-faced calf survived for 40 days.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
He’s an obnoxious, two-faced, lying, sniveling little goof who has an awfully high opinion of himself.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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