backhanded compliment

and left-handed compliment

an unintended or ambiguous compliment. Backhanded compliments are the only kind he ever gives! And I think his left-handed compliments are all given by accident, too!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Encarna	en-KAHR-nah	Spanish
Jared	JER-əd (English), JAR-əd (English)	English, Biblical
Darshan	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
Bolanle	-	Western African, Yoruba
Andres	-	Estonian
Annetta	ahn-NET-tah	Italian