Janus-faced
Janus-faced adjective - Not being or expressing what one appears to be or express.
Usage example: there was a Janus-faced quality to the interview: for all of the smiling and nodding, the interviewer's body language expressed deep boredom
Unctuous and Janus-faced are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unctuous" instead an adjective phrase "Janus-faced".
Unctuous
Unctuous adjective - Not being or expressing what one appears to be or express.
Usage example: an unctuous effort to appear religious to the voters
Janus-faced and unctuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Janus-faced" instead an adjective "Unctuous".
Nearby Word: unctuously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- artificial and Janus-faced
- artificial and unctuous
- phony and Janus-faced
- phony and unctuous
- crafty and Janus-faced
- crafty and unctuous
- dishonest and Janus-faced
- dishonest and unctuous
- false and Janus-faced
- false and unctuous
- slippery and Janus-faced
- slippery and unctuous
- tricky and Janus-faced
- tricky and unctuous
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Unctuous and Janus-faced. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/janus-faced/unctuous
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