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
Neta	-	Hebrew
Shoshana	-	Hebrew
Arushi	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Janne (1)	YAHN-ne	Finnish, Swedish
Grigorijs	-	Latvian
Laurel	['lɔrəl]