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
Brewer	['bru:ə]
Baqir	-	Arabic
Idun	-	Norse Mythology
Paolina	pow-LEE-nah	Italian
Elisa	e-LEE-zah (Italian, German), E-lee-sah (Finnish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Finnish, English
Lynsey	LIN-zee	English (Modern)