Crossword clues for duplicitous
duplicitous
The Collaborative International Dictionary
duplicitous \du*plic"i*tous\ adj. exhibiting duplicity[2]; deceitful; double-dealing.
Syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, two-faced.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. Given to or marked by deliberate deception in behavior or speech.
WordNet
adj. 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, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]
Usage examples of "duplicitous".
I can cope with the aggressive man, the cunning man, the subtle man, the duplicitous man, the stubborn man, the stupid man.
Men were duplicitous, superstitious, and dangerous, like Prince Gavril.
Pestcottr knew that at the same time Charles, that most duplicitous of men, was also negotiating with the French, the Spanish and with the pope himself, soliciting their support and money in return for a promise to ensure complete toleration of Catholics when he was reestablished.
For had King Charles not been duplicitous, had Prestcott not been a fanatic, had Thurloe not been concerned for his own safety, had Wallis not been vain and cruel, had Bristol not been ambitious, had Bennet not been cynical, had government, in sum, not been government and politicians not what they are, then Sarah Blundy would not have been led to the scaffold and the sacrifice would not have been made.
The Conversos of Lisbon had been duplicitous by necessity, even those who fully embraced the Catholic Church.
He had copied parts of himself and camouflaged these duplicitous programs as God-algorithms hidden within the code of the surreality that he gave to Ede.
Many of our allies proved perfidious, feckless, or outright duplicitous.
Mal kicked the dope around, thinking that it played true to his take on the brain trusters: they were duplicitous, they talked a lot, they took their own sweet time acting and let outside events call the tune.
There is a big flurry of publicity-obvious PR plants-after the Nipponese tried to use their old-boy network to shut him out of the telecommunications market there, and he took it to the American public, spending $10 million of his own money on a campaign to convince Americans that the Nipponese were duplicitous schemers.
There is a big flurry of publicity -- obvious PR plants -- after the Nipponese tried to use their old-boy network to shut him out of the telecommunications market there, and he took it to the American public, spending $10 million of his own money on a campaign to convince Americans that the Nipponese were duplicitous schemers.