left-handed compliment

left-handed compliment antonyms

pleasantry compare left-handed compliment and pleasantry
pleasure compare left-handed compliment and pleasure
compliment compare left-handed compliment and compliment
kindness compare left-handed compliment and kindness
appeasement compare left-handed compliment and appeasement

left-handed compliment definitions

noun

  • A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.