Associations to the word «Backhanded»

Adjective

Verb

Adverb

Wiktionary

BACKHANDED, adjective. With the back of the hand.

BACKHANDED, adjective. Involving a backward flip of the hand.

BACKHANDED, adjective. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.

BACKHANDED, adjective. Indirect.

BACKHANDED, adjective. Backwards, turned around.

BACKHANDED, adjective. (of writing) inclining to the left

BACKHANDED, adjective. Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.

BACKHANDED, adjective. Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.

BACKHANDED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of backhand

BACKHANDED, adverb. In a backhanded manner.

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT, noun. (idiomatic) An insult disguised as a compliment; a compliment which can be interpreted as an insult.

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS, noun. Plural of backhanded compliment

Dictionary definition

BACKHANDED, adjective. (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke.

BACKHANDED, adjective. Roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal".

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