backward compliment

noun

A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.

“(example) Those glasses just look too cute for you!”

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Meanings

nounbackward compliment (plural backward compliments)

plural backward compliments · alternative backwards compliment

  1. A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.

    (example) Those glasses just look too cute for you!

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backward compliment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backward%20compliment.

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