What is the meaning of two-faced?

adjective

  • 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.
    • usage: "Janus the two-faced god"
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