Definition of janus-faced Janus-faced
Ja•nus•faced
We found 4 definitions of janus-faced from 2 different sources.
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What does janus-faced mean?
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| janus-faced - having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god" | ||
| two-faced | ||
| janus-faced - having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy" | ||
| janus-faced - 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 | ||
| ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued | ||
| dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- janus-faced (a.)
Double-faced; deceitful.
