Double-tongued \Dou"ble-tongued`\, a.
Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
Syn: deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, Janus-faced,
two-faced.
[1913 Webster]
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
double-tongued. --1 Tim. iii.
8.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
double-tongued
adj : 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 [syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing,
duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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