backhanded English

Meaning backhanded meaning

What does backhanded mean?

backhanded

— adjective roundabout or ambiguous attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal

— adjective (= backhand) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

Synonyms backhanded synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as backhanded?

backhanded English » English

backhand

vicarious

unfelt

roundabout

pseudo

mediate

lip

left-handed

insincere

inexplicit

indirect

equivocal

circuitous

ambiguous

ambagious