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[ duhb-uhl-dee-ling ] / ˈdʌb əlˈdi lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR double-dealing ON THESAURUS.COM
nounduplicity; treachery; deception. adjectiveusing duplicity; treacherous. Origin of double-dealingFirst recorded in 1520–30 Words nearby double-dealingdouble-cut, double dagger, double date, Doubleday, double-deal, double-dealing, double-deck, double-decker, double-declutch, double decomposition, double demy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for double-dealingWell, if Washington had any brains, it would not continue to let Karzai get away with this double-dealing. Shove It, Karzai!|Leslie H. Gelb|June 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST It's a legitimate question from those critical of Obama and wary of the Pakistani army's double-dealing. Can This Man End the Afghan War?|Imtiaz Gul|October 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST For Pascherette, in her cunning scheme of double-dealing, had played into her lady's hands to an extent unhoped for by Dolores. The Pirate Woman|Aylward Edward Dingle Disposes to fraud, double-dealing, and irresponsible actions.
It was this very practice which excited the wrath of our pious King Charles, in all his horror of double-dealing. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852|Various This double-dealing answered his purpose, which was to keep the Bugis forces divided and to weaken them by fighting. She knew the family faults; they were bounded by the family virtues, and double-dealing was not within the pale. The Shadow of a Man|E. W. Hornung
British Dictionary definitions for double-dealing
noun- action characterized by treachery or deceit
- (as modifier)double-dealing treachery
Derived forms of double-dealingdouble-dealer, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to double-dealingdouble, lying, fraud, deception, duplicity, hypocrisy, dishonesty, perfidy, chicanery, deceit, mendacity, treachery, trickery, chicane, crooked, dishonest, duplicitous, fraudulent, hypocritical, insincere |