The meaning of BACKHANDED is indirect, devious; especially : sarcastic. How to use backhanded in a sentence.

BACKHANDED definition: 1. A backhanded remark seems pleasant but may really be a criticism or mean something unkind: 2…. Learn more.

Definition of backhanded adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you say that someone is doing something in a backhanded way, they are doing it indirectly.

“attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity”

1. performed with the back of the hand turned or facing forward: a backhanded stroke. 2. sloping in a downward direction from left to right: backhanded writing. 3. oblique or ambiguous in meaning: a backhanded compliment. 4. with the hand across the body; backhand: He caught the ball backhanded. back′hand`ed•ness, n.

performed with the hand turned backward, crosswise, or in any oblique direction so that the palm of the hand faces in the direction of the body and the back of the hand faces in the direction of …

Designating an insincere or ambiguous compliment, esp. one that is indirectly unflattering or derogatory. A backhanded compliment. Performed by backhanding the ball. A backhanded catch. With a backhand. Simple past tense and past participle of backhand. Dean backhanded her again, following her to the ground.

2025年1月2日 · Involving a backward flip of the hand. With your palm facing down, your wrist snaps forward. This is the same type of motion used for the change-up. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory. But modesty here is out of the question, and is often the most beggarly and friend that merit can have in its pay.

To insult or negatively criticize one in a manner that is disguised as or seems like a compliment or bit of praise. A: "Those pants really suit you—your legs don't look nearly as fat in them!" B: "Wow, talk about paying someone a backhanded compliment!"