stab in back

NOUN

duplicity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artifice chicanery deceit dishonesty falsehood hypocrisy

STRONG

cunning dissimulation double-dealing dualism duality faithlessness fraud guile one-upmanship perfidiousness perfidy skullduggery treachery

WEAK

Judas kiss dirty dealing dirty pool dirty trick dirty work dissemblance treacherousness two-facedness twoness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity truth truthfulness

STRONG

constancy faithfulness loyalty

WEAK

trustworthiness

Example Sentences

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The French foreign minister had earlier described the pact as a "stab in back".

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2021