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Two-faced Definition & Meaning

two-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 traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
  2. having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god"

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What does two-faced mean?
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 having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god"
What part of speech is two-faced?
Two-faced is an adjective.
How many definitions does two-faced have?
Two-faced has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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