double-faced meaning and definition

DOUBLE-FACED adjective

Definition of double-faced (adjective)

1. (of fabrics) having faces on both sides
   • "damask is a double-faced fabric"
2. 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
   • synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced