backward compliment
backward compliment · backward compliments
A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insultA compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.
Meaning
1 sensesA compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.
(example) Those glasses just look too cute for you!
Forms
plural: backward complimentsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedbackhanded compliment