Janus-faced

adjective

ˈjā-nəs-ˌfāst How to pronounce Janus-faced (audio)
Definition of Janus-facednext
as in double
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express there was a Janus-faced quality to the interview: for all of the smiling and nodding, the interviewer's body language expressed deep boredom

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Janus-faced
  1. double
  2. fake
  3. lip
  4. pretended
  5. strained
  6. hypocritical
  7. hollow
  8. superficial
Adjective
  • Here’s who reimagined the character as a clever but underestimated woman Sept. 5, 2024 Bates has particularly relished the opportunity to play the double life of her character, who is constantly three steps ahead of those around her.
    Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Levinson family Levinson, who lives in Mantua, N.J,, is cancer-free after a year of treatment that included chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.
    Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of double
Adjective
  • In 2017, then State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman indicted Newman on 58 counts, following a two-year investigation nicknamed Operation Vandelay Industries, a nod to George Costanza’s fake latex company on Seinfeld.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Not a temporary tattoo or a fake one to trick people online.
    Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
Adjective
  • While lip reading is commonly used as a way for those with hearing disabilities to understand speech and conversations, it’s also called upon for legal matters and police investigations.
    Emily Holgate, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Also, lip skin is thinner, making blood vessels more apparent.
    Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
Definition of lip
Adjective
  • The woman is long gone, so Freer has to imagine her consent — in a history so full of gaps, coercion, and disappearance, a pretended connection is better than none at all.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022
  • What most activates Dunn’s rage is the misogyny that only deepened amid all the pretended freedoms of the counterculture.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
Definition of pretended
Adjective
  • Zuckerberg and Trump have had a strained relationship in recent years.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Jansson started 37 games for Leeds but his relationship with Marcelo Bielsa, the head coach at the time, had become strained.
    Jay Harris, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of strained
Adjective
  • And to sit up there, man, and to be just blatantly hypocritical is funny and sickening at the same time.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • If an organization’s culture is aspirational rather than lived and practiced, the result is often a hypocritical, inauthentic hiring experience.
    Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of hypocritical
Adjective
  • These stars sparkle from within a hollow cavity in a billowing cloud of gas and dust, its thick swirls shining in brilliant blues, like a flashlight cutting through the fog.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • His cheeks were hollow, and a grizzled beard, which hadn’t seen a proper shave in weeks, made his face look older and all the more haggard.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of hollow
Adjective
  • This means focusing on clear expectations, meaningful work and genuine connections rather than superficial engagement initiatives like culture surveys that don’t result in any positive change.
    Cynthia Pong, JD, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The tribute left social media users divided, with some criticizing Stamos’ gesture as superficial.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of superficial
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