left-handed compliment
left-handed compliment · left-handed compliments
zweifelhaftes Kompliment, vergiftetes Kompliment, zweideutiges Kompliment
A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be…A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.
Forms
plural: left-handed compliments| Singular | left-handed compliment |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsSee also
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