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21backhanded compliment — {n. phr.} A remark that sounds like a compliment but is said sarcastically. * / Not had for a girl the coach said, offering a backhanded compliment./ …
22backhanded compliment — {n. phr.} A remark that sounds like a compliment but is said sarcastically. * / Not had for a girl the coach said, offering a backhanded compliment./ …
23Backhanded compliment — A backhanded compliment or left handed compliment or is an insult disguised as a compliment. It is generally used to belittle or condescend, or often one uses a backhanded compliment when one wants to insult someone in a subtle way. [ [http://www …
24backhanded compliment — A remark that appears to express admiration but could also be interpreted as an insult is called a backhanded compliment. He said my presentation was surprisingly clear . How s that for a backhanded compliment! …
25backhanded\ compliment — n. phr. A remark that sounds like a compliment but is said sarcastically. Not had for a girl the coach said, offering a backhanded compliment …
26backhanded — Synonyms and related words: O shaped, abusive, ambagious, atrocious, backhand, calumnious, circuitous, circular, contumelious, deflectional, degrading, deviant, deviating, deviative, devious, digressive, discursive, divagational, divergent,… …
27backhanded — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. oblique, ambiguous, equivocal, sarcastic; see indirect , obscure 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. equivocal, ambiguous, left handed, underhanded, sarcastic. ANT.: straightforward, clear, definite …
28backhanded — adj. performed with the back of the hand facing out; doubtful; insincere …
29backhanded — a. 1. Inclining to the left hand (as writing), sloping backward. 2. Outward and backward, with the back of the hand. 3. Indirect, unfair, unfavorable, backhand …
30backhanded — adj 1. oblique, indirect, ambiguous, unclear; awkward, gauche, left handed, maladroit, clumsy, heavy handed, backhand; ill contrived, ill phrased, poorly put, tactless, inconsiderate, ungracious; improper, untoward, unsuitable, inappropriate,… …
