back-handed compliment

An insulting or negative comment disguised as praise. She said my new pants really make my legs look much slimmer. What a back-handed compliment!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
JÓNa	-	Icelandic
Madison	['mædisn]
Makram	-	Arabic
Gwendolyn	GWEN-də-lin (English)	Welsh, English
Placido	-	Italian
Ignacy	eeg-NAH-tsi	Polish