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
Abd Al-Hamid	-	Arabic
Stigr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Leanne	lee-AN	English
Prosenjit	-	Bengali
Jair	JAY-ər (English)	Biblical
Chukwudi	-	Western African, Igbo