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
Herrington	['heriŋtən]
Milojica	-	Serbian
Ireland	IER-lənd	English (Modern)
Petra	PET-rah (Finnish), PET-rə (English)	German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English
Sati	-	Hinduism
Laurena	-	English (Rare)