What does double-tongued mean?
Double-tongued means (idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech..
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(idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech..
Thou art but a double-tongu'd Chriſtian, I doubt: […]
“Thou wry-necked, trash-mongering, swaggering, double-tongued, huff-snuff!”
Use double-tongued when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Double-tongued means (idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech..
Common synonyms include twi-tongued, two-tongued, duplicitous, deceitful.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thou art but a double-tongu'd Chriſtian, I doubt: […]
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