double dealing

Speech parts

1. double dealing - Noun

2. double dealing - Adjective

4. double dealing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

double-dealing

Synonyms

deceitful duplicity janus-faced ambidextrous duplicitous double-faced two-faced crooked shifty false lying fraud corrupt dirty deception
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Antonyms

attention aid benefit assistance accuracy contribution
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Hypernyms

deception deceit dissembling dissimulation

Examples

she was a deceitful scheming little thing Source: Internet

a double-dealing double agent Source: Internet

a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer Source: Internet

In the words of Richards, "What followed is as tangled a web of treachery and double-dealing as can be found anywhere in the papal annals. Source: Internet

His dual inquiries carry him from glittering Wall Street offices to seedy alleyways all over the city, and he encounters double-dealing lawyers, shady cops, drug addicts, hired killers and prostitutes along the way. Source: Internet

Parker abhors waste, sloth, frivolity, inconstancy, double-dealing, and reckless endangerment as much as any Puritan. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

double day double deal double dealer double declension double decomposition double decomposition reaction