backhanded

It was a backhanded compliment.

She backhanded the ball crosscourt.

a backhanded shot into the opponent's court.

in a flash, he backhanded Ace across the jaw.

coming from me, teasing is a backhanded compliment .

She told me that my essay was ‘surprisingly good’, which I thought was a backhanded compliment.

It doesn't feel backhanded, like, thanks but no thanks.

I mean, it's a weird sort of backhanded compliment.

That's a backhanded compliment, if I've ever heard one.

So, he's really sort of criticizing Gerard for not finishing college, that's why it's a backhanded compliment.

This is a backhanded compliment because what you're really saying is that you didn't look very good yesterday.

When we explained some of Trump's criticism to this finance student Simon Xu, he thought some of it might actually be a backhanded compliment.

They are largely ignored or paid only the most backhanded of compliments.

'Here's a gentleman from London present, ' Mr. Bounderby made a backhanded point at Mr. James Harthouse with his thumb, 'a Parliament gentleman.

With a backhanded blow he hurled Luster aside and caught the reins and sawed Queenie about and doubled the reins back and slashed her across the hips.

It's where I give you a bunch of backhanded compliments and then psychologically something happens and you have no choice but to fall in love with me.