Meaning of DOUBLE-TONGUED
Pronunciation: | | 'dubul 'tungd
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| Definition: | | [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 |
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| Synonyms: | | ambidextrous, deceitful, dishonest, dishonorable, double-dealing, double-faced, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced |
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| Definition: | | \Dou"ble-tongued`\, a.
Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued.
--1 Tim. iii.
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