Meanings
alternative doubledealing
- not comparableCheating, dishonest; treacherous.
You low-down, no-good, double-dealing sidewinder!
Synonyms: double-crossing, double-faced, double-hearted, beguiling, deceitful, deceptious, deceptive, deceptory
plural double-dealings · alternative doubledealing
- countableuncountabledeceit or treachery
Synonyms: perfidiousness, treacherousness, betrayal, breach of promise, breach of trust, Judas kiss, perfidiousness, perfidy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCheating, dishonest; treacherous.
noundeceit or treachery
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemarked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
nounacting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the practice of dealing oneself multiple cards in order to gain an advantage in a game.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian двуличен, двуличие
- двуличен (dvuličen)cheating, dishonest
- двуличие (dvuličie)deceit or treachery
- измама (izmama)deceit or treachery
Danish dobbeltspil, falskhed
- dobbeltspildeceit or treachery
- falskheddeceit or treachery
Finnish petollinen, kaksinaamainen
- petollinencheating, dishonest
- kaksinaamainencheating, dishonest
- petosdeceit or treachery
- huijausdeceit or treachery
- kaksinaamaisuusdeceit or treachery
- kierousdeceit or treachery
Icelandic tvöfeldni
- tvöfeldnideceit or treachery
Italian doppiezza
- doppiezzadeceit or treachery
Norwegian Bokmål dobbeltspill, falskhet
- dobbeltspilldeceit or treachery
- falskhetdeceit or treachery
Russian двули́чный, двули́чность
- двули́чный (dvulíčnyj)cheating, dishonest
- двули́чность (dvulíčnostʹ)deceit or treachery
- двуру́шничество (dvurúšničestvo)deceit or treachery
- двули́чие (dvulíčije)deceit or treachery
Swedish dubbelspel, falskhet
- dubbelspeldeceit or treachery
- falskhetdeceit or treachery
Cite this entry
double-dealing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-dealing
“double-dealing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-dealing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double-dealing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-dealing.
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