double-dealing
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
Types & categories
- dissimulation hypernym
Related & opposite
- double-dealing derivation
Sense 2 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
Related & opposite
- double-dealing derivation
- deceitfulness derivation
- duplicity derivation
- dishonest similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | double-dealing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dissimulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | double-dealing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceitfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | duplicity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dishonest |