pseudo-compliment
pseudo-compliment · pseudo-compliments
zweifelhaftes Kompliment, vergiftetes Kompliment, zweideutiges Kompliment
A statement that sounds like a compliment, but really is notA statement that sounds like a compliment, but really is not.
Meaning
1 sensesA statement that sounds like a compliment, but really is not.
Origin
From pseudo- + compliment.From pseudo- + compliment.
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