DOUBLE-DEALING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double-dealing mean? 

• DOUBLE-DEALING (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE-DEALING has 1 sense:

1. acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE-DEALING used as a noun is very rare.

• DOUBLE-DEALING (adjective)
  The adjective DOUBLE-DEALING has 1 sense:

1. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE-DEALING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE-DEALING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

double-dealing; duplicity

Hypernyms ("double-dealing" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)

Derivation:

double-dealing (marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another)

• DOUBLE-DEALING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

Synonyms:

ambidextrous; deceitful; double-dealing; double-faced; double-tongued; duplicitous; Janus-faced; two-faced

Context example:

a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer

Similar:

dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)

Derivation:

double-dealing (acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another)