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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

having two contradicting or different sides or personalities, typically for decieving;

e.g. He witnessed her Janus-faced ways as she manipulated people to her own whims and fancy.

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Similar Words

Artificial

Backhand

Backhanded

Canting

Claptrap

Counterfeit

Double

Double-dealing

Double-faced

Fake

Feigned

Glib

Goody-goody

Hypocritical

Insincere

Jive

Left-handed

Lip

Mealy

Mealymouthed

Pharisaical

Phony

Rectitudinous

Sanctimonious

Self-righteous

Simon-pure

Two

Two-faced

Unctuous

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Opposite Words

Direct

Forthright

Frank

Heart-to-heart

Open

Plain

Straightforward

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Related Words

Affected

Assumed

Bogus

Canting

Claptrap

Contrived

Deceitful

Devious

Dishonest

Empty

Facetious

Facile

False

Forced

Glib

Hollow

Jocular

Meaningless

Mechanical

Pharisaical

Pious

Put-on

Sanctimonious

Self-righteous

Sham

Simon-pure

Simulated

Strained

Superficial

Tongue-in-cheek

Unnatural

Untruthful

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