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Meaning of DOUBLE-TONGUED

Pronunciation:  'dubul 'tungd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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