double-hearted
Feigning loyalty, betraying
Double-hearted describes someone whose loyalties or intentions are divided—saying one thing while feeling another, or professing allegiance while harboring contrary purposes.
The term carries biblical overtones of insincerity and wavering faith: A double-hearted man is unstable in all his ways.
It suggests not just indecision but a fundamental duplicity of spirit.
Pulled into pieces
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- uncertainNot firmly known
- hesitantSlow to act
undecided · vacillating · mixed feelings · conflicted · divided · irresolute · noncommittal · fence-sitting
Insincere and deceptive
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
backstabbing · betrayer · perfidious · faithless · traitorous · Judas · snake · underhanded
torn
Pulled into pieces
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- uncertainNot firmly known
hesitant · undecided · vacillating · mixed feelings · conflicted · divided · irresolute · noncommittal · fence-sitting · unsettled
two-faced
Insincere and deceptive
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
untrustworthy · backstabbing · betrayer · perfidious · faithless · traitorous · Judas · snake · underhanded · scheming
- ___-hearted words
double-heartedsincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
genuine · honest · true-hearted · wholehearted · candid
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