backwards compliment

A form of backward compliment — A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.

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Meanings

nounbackwards compliment (plural backwards compliments)

plural backwards compliments

  1. alternativeAlternative form of backward compliment.
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backwards compliment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwards%20compliment

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“backwards compliment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwards%20compliment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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