If you describe someone as two-faced, you are critical of them because they say they do or believe one thing when their behaviour or words show that they do not do it or do not believe it.
[disapproval]
He had been devious and two-faced.
He launched an attack on two-faced politicians.
Synonyms: hypocritical, false, deceiving, treacherous More Synonyms of two-faced
two-faced in British English
adjective
deceitful; insincere; hypocritical
Derived forms
two-facedly (ˌtuːˈfeɪsɪdlɪ, -ˈfeɪst-)
adverb
two-facedness (ˌtwo-ˈfacedness)
noun
two-faced in American English
(ˈtuˌfeɪst)
adjective
1.
having two faces, surfaces, etc.
2.
deceitful; hypocritical
Derived forms
two-facedly (ˌtwo-ˈfacedly) (ˌtuˈfeɪsɪdli)
adverb
Examples of 'two-faced' in a sentence
two-faced
The receptionist was a president lookalike with his safari suit and two-faced welcome.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
In this case, the face cards, all of which were, not coincidentally, two-faced.
Lisa Scottoline RUNNING FROM THE LAW (2003)
In other languages
two-faced
British English: two-faced ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone as two-faced, you are critical of them because they say they do or believe one thing when their behaviour or words show that they do not do it or do not believe it.