Thesaurus: janus-faced

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1. a. Double-faced; deceitful.
2. adj. having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
3. adj. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
4. adj. having two faces — one looking to the future and one to the past
5. Double-faced; deceitful. Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently. Knight.
6. Double-faced; deceitful. Janus-faced lock, one having duplicatefaces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key enteringon either side indifferently. Knight.
7. j:100 s. having or concerned with polarities or contrasts s. having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past