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janus-faced - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'janus-faced' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Janus-faced [ a.]
- Double-faced; deceitful.

Meaning of 'janus-faced' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . janus-faced [ s]
Meaning (1):
- marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
Example in sentence:
  • a double-dealing double agent;
  • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer;
  • she was a deceitful scheming little thing
Meaning (2):
- having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
Example in sentence:
  • a Janus-faced policy;
  • a Janus-faced view of history
Meaning (3):
- having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
Example in sentence:
  • Janus the two-faced god

Nearby Words:

jan jane jane-of-apes jangle jangled jangler jangleress janglery jangling janissary

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