jekyll and hyde
A person with a Jekyll and Hyde personality can be kind one moment and cruel the next.
Noun: A person who exhibits two distinct and opposing sets of behavior or personality, one virtuous and the other wicked. This term describes someone who appears good and respectable in one context but reveals a hidden, malevolent, or immoral side in another.
The term is used to describe a person whose character seems to be split between good and evil. It is typically used as a singular noun phrase. * He can be so generous, but then so cruel to his employees. He's a real Jekyll and Hyde. * The politician was a Jekyll and Hyde, charming the public while secretly engaging in corruption.
- The term can function as a modifier before another noun.
- She was living a Jekyll-and-Hyde existence, working as a nurse by day and committing fraud by night.
- It is often used to express shock or disappointment upon discovering someone's hidden, darker nature.
- Jekyll-and-Hyde (adjective): Describing the dual nature itself.
- His Jekyll-and-Hyde personality made him unpredictable.
- Split personality
- Two-faced person
- Double-dealer
- To have a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality: This is a more explicit phrasing of the same concept.
- The investigation revealed the CEO had a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality.
A person with a Jekyll and Hyde personality can be kind one moment and cruel the next.
- someone with two personalities - one good and one evil