'double-dealing' definitions:
Definition of 'double-dealing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray [syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double- dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]
noun
Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another [syn: duplicity, double-dealing]
Definition of 'double-dealing'
From: GCIDE
- Double dealing \Dou"ble deal"ing\, double-dealing \dou"ble-deal"ing\ False or deceitful dealing; acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. See Double dealing, under Dealing. --Shak.
- Syn: duplicity. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'double-dealing'
From: GCIDE
- double-dealing \double-dealing\ adj.
- 1. given to deception especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; as, they accused each other of double-dealing behavior.
- Syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, duplicitous, two-faced. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]