double-faced

  • 51Double Hedging — Hedging a position by using futures and options, thereby doubling the size of the hedge. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) considers double hedging to be a situation where a trader holds a long futures position in a commodity in… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 52double meanings —  Anyone who has written headlines for a living will know the embarrassment that comes from causing hilarity to a large group of people by writing an inadvertently two faced headline. I have no doubt that someone at the Toronto Globe and Mail is… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 53double meanings —    Anyone who has written headlines for a living will know the embarrassment that comes from causing hilarity to a large group of people by writing an inadvertently two faced headline. I have no doubt that someone at the Toronto Globe and Mail is …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 54double tongued — two faced; hypocrite; disloyal …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 55double bind — dou′ble bind′ n. 1) psl a situation in which a person is faced with contradictory demands such that to obey one is to disobey the other 2) psl dilemma 1) • Etymology: 1955–60, amer …

    From formal English to slang

  • 56Janus-faced — adjective 1. having or concerned with polarities or contrasts (Freq. 1) a Janus faced view of history a Janus faced policy • Similar to: ↑bipolar 2. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 57two-faced — adjective 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 …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 58dou|ble-faced — «DUHB uhl FAYST», adjective. 1. having two faces or aspects: »double faced cloth, a double faced problem. 2. Figurative. pretending to be what one is not; hypocritical; two faced: »Fame, if not double faced, is double mouthed (Milton). SYNONYM(S) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 59two-faced — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hypocritical, deceitful, double dealing; faithless, false. See falsehood, deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. deceitful, caviling, treacherous, Janus faced; see false 1 , hypocritical . III… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 60two-faced — adj hypocritical, double tongued, double faced, Janus faced; deceitful, insincere, disingenuous, false, mendacious, untruthful, hollow; dishonest, underhanded, untrustworthy, crooked, knavish; wily, tricky, designing, scheming, guileful, double… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder