"two-faced" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtuːˈfeɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-two-faced.wav [US]
Rhymes: -eɪst Etymology: From two + faced, modelled after earlier English twi-faced. Etymology templates: {{af|en|two|faced}} two + faced, {{cog|en|twi-faced}} English twi-faced Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} two-faced (not comparable)
  1. (literally) Having two faces or plane surfaces. Tags: literally, not-comparable Translations (having two faces or plane surfaces): ذُو وَجْهَيْن (ḏū wajhayn) (Arabic), с две лица (s dve lica) (Bulgarian), kaksipuolinen (Finnish), bifacia (Ido), bifronte (Italian), дволик (dvolik) (Macedonian), двостран (dvostran) (Macedonian), двусторо́нний (dvustorónnij) (Russian), tvåsidig (Swedish), bilateral (Swedish), çift taraflı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-two-faced-en-adj-JWOhXlOl Disambiguation of 'having two faces or plane surfaces': 99 0 0
  2. Deceitful, duplicitous. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Deceitful, duplicitous): ذُو وَجْهَيْن (ḏū wajhayn) (Arabic), ikiüzlü (Azerbaijani), двуличен (dvuličen) (Bulgarian), kaksinaamainen (Finnish), kiero (Finnish), vilpillinen (Finnish), kétszínű (Hungarian), varius (Latin), ikiyüzlü (Turkish), пӏаъчъола (ṗa̱č:ola) (Udi)
    Sense id: en-two-faced-en-adj-6mWY7pbq Disambiguation of 'Deceitful, duplicitous': 0 94 6
  3. Hypocritical. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Hypocritical): ذُو وَجْهَيْن (ḏū wajhayn) (Arabic), ikiüzlü (Azerbaijani), tekopyhä (Finnish), bermuka dua (Indonesian), béalchráifeach (Irish), дволичен (dvoličen) (Macedonian), лицемерен (licemeren) (Macedonian), пӏаъчъола (ṗa̱č:ola) (Udi)
    Sense id: en-two-faced-en-adj-JkTNSF0g Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 33 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 29 67 Disambiguation of 'Hypocritical': 0 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: double-faced, hypocritical, Janus-faced Related terms: double standard, hypocrite

Alternative forms

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