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Double-dealing synonyms
dŭb'əl-dē'lĭng
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tricky
Adept at using deception
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  1. Adept at using deception
  2. Hard to deal with, complicated
  3. Requiring caution or skill:
deceitful
Tending to deceive; apt to lie or cheat
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  1. Tending to deceive; apt to lie or cheat
  2. Deceptive in multiple ways
  3. Deliberately misleading or cheating
deceit
A dishonest action or trick; fraud or lie
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  1. A dishonest action or trick; fraud or lie
  2. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
  3. (Law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
duplicity
The quality or state of being twofold or double.
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  1. The quality or state of being twofold or double.
  2. Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
  3. Hypocritical cunning or deception; double-dealing
treachery
An act of perfidy or treason
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  1. An act of perfidy or treason
  2. Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy.
  3. Betrayal of trust, faith, or allegiance; perfidy, disloyalty, or treason
double
Twice as much in size, strength, number, or amount:
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  1. Twice as much in size, strength, number, or amount:
  2. Accommodating or designed for two:
  3. Characterized by duplicity; deceitful:
double-faced
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. Having two functional faces.
  3. Having a finished nap on both sides
two-faced
Hypocritical or double-dealing; deceitful.
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  1. Hypocritical or double-dealing; deceitful.
  2. Having two faces or plane surfaces
cunning
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
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  1. Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
  2. Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
  3. The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
deceit
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
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  1. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
  2. A dishonest action or trick; fraud or lie
  3. (Law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
deceitfulness
The state or quality of being deceitful.
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  1. The state or quality of being deceitful.
deception
Something that deceives, as an illusion, or is meant to deceive, as a fraud
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  1. Something that deceives, as an illusion, or is meant to deceive, as a fraud
  2. A ruse; a trick.
  3. The fact or condition of being deceived
duplicity
The quality or state of being twofold or double.
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  1. The quality or state of being twofold or double.
  2. Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
  3. Hypocritical cunning or deception; double-dealing
guile
A trick or stratagem.
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  1. A trick or stratagem.
  2. Slyness and cunning in dealing with others
  3. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit.
shiftiness
(Uncountable) The property of being shifty.
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  1. (Uncountable) The property of being shifty.
  2. (Countable, rare) The result or product of being shifty.
Find another word for double-dealing. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for double-dealing, like: tricky, untrustworthy, deceitful, deceit, duplicity, treachery, dishonest, hypocritical, deception, dishonesty and double.

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  • The result of this double-dealing was that his army was destroyed by Ptolemy, who advanced into Egypt leaving Palestine at the mercy of Cleopatra.

  • His actions at this time have been ascribed to righteous indignation against Metternich's double-dealing.

  • That he had many a petty fault there can be no doubt; that he was avaricious and double-dealing was also undoubted; and his carnets show to what unworthy means he had recourse to maintain his influence over the queen.

  • But Henry was incapable of protecting with the strong hand the rights which he had recovered by his double-dealing.

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