double-crossing

adjective

Which double-crosses.

“That dirty, double-crossing bastard!”

Meanings

adjectivedouble-crossing (comparative more double-crossing, superlative most double-crossing)

comparative more double-crossing · superlative most double-crossing

  1. Which double-crosses.

    That dirty, double-crossing bastard!

    Synonyms: double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-dealing

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of double-cross
noundouble-crossing (countable and uncountable, plural double-crossings)

plural double-crossings

  1. countableuncountableBetrayal; a double-cross.

    Why have you brought Tilehurst here?—that's what I want to know […] There must be some funny double-crossing going on for you to let me talk as I did and never say that he was in it.

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nounan act of betrayal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“double-crossing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-crossing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double-crossing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-crossing.

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