double-dealing
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1dou·ble–deal·ing
noun \ˌdə-bəl-ˈdē-liŋ\Definition of DOUBLE-DEALING
: action contradictory to a professed attitude : duplicity
— dou·ble–deal·er \-ˈdē-lər\ noun
See First Known Use of DOUBLE-DEALING
1529
Related to DOUBLE-DEALING
- Synonyms
- artifice, cheating, cozenage, craft, craftiness, crookedness, crookery, cunning, cunningness, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, fakery, foxiness, fraud, guile, guilefulness, wiliness
- Antonyms
- artlessness, forthrightness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity
See Synonym Discussion at deception
2double–dealing
adjectiveDefinition of DOUBLE-DEALING
: given to or marked by duplicity
First Known Use of DOUBLE-DEALING
1587
Related to DOUBLE-DEALING
- Synonyms
- crooked, deceitful, defrauding, dishonest, double-dealing, false
- Antonyms
- aboveboard, honest, truthful
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