double-dealing
21double-dealing — UK / US noun [uncountable] behaviour by which you cheat someone, especially by pretending to do one thing while doing the opposite Derived word: double dealer noun countable Word forms double dealer : singular double dealer plural double dealers …
22double-dealing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & n. treachery. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tricky, untrustworthy, deceitful; see dishonest 1 , 2 , hypocritical . n. Syn. deceit, duplicity, treachery; see deception 1 , dishonesty …
23double-dealing — I. noun Date: 1529 action contradictory to a professed attitude ; duplicity Synonyms: see deception • double dealer noun II. adjective Date: 1587 given to or marked by duplicity …
24double-dealing — noun deceitful behaviour. adjective acting deceitfully. Derivatives double dealer noun …
25double-dealing — /dʌbəl ˈdilɪŋ/ (say dubuhl deeling) noun 1. duplicity. –adjective 2. using duplicity; treacherous. –double dealer, noun …
26double-dealing — /dub euhl dee ling/, n. 1. duplicity; treachery; deception. adj. 2. using duplicity; treacherous. [1520 30] * * * …
27double-dealing — deceit, fraud …
28double-dealing — n. Deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, artifice, deception, fraud, dishonesty, trickery, Machiavelism …
29double-dealing — n duplicity, equivocation, dissimilation, cant, lip service, mouth honor; treachery, foul play, betrayal, Judas kiss, disloyalty, bad faith, infidelity, faithlessness, perfidy, breach of trust, Inf. two timing; dishonesty, hypocrisy, mendacity,… …
30double-dealing — dou′ble deal′ing n. 1) deception or treachery; duplicity 2) using duplicity; treacherous • Etymology: 1520–30 …
