double-tongued

1. 1.

   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”

   “a double-dealing double agent”

   “a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer”

   Synonymsambidextrousdeceitfuldouble-dealingduplicitousJanus-facedtwo-faceddouble-faced

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Questions about double-tongued

What does double-tongued mean?

double-tongued means "marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another".

How many syllables are in double-tongued?

double-tongued has 4 syllables: dou-ble--ton-gued. The stress falls on "ble-".

What is another word for double-tongued?

Close synonyms include ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is double-tongued a common word?

double-tongued is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.