Associations to the word «Backhanded»
Noun
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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".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.