left-handed complimentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌleft.hæn.dɪd ˈkɒm.plɪ.mənt/us/ˌleft.hæn.dɪd ˈkɑːm.plɪ.mənt/also backhanded compliment USa remark that seems to say something pleasant about a person but could also be an insult
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Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- arse-licker
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flatter
- flattery
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- glad-handing
- grovel
- idealize
- massage
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious
- play up to sb
- schmooze
- slobber
- toady
- unctuous
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