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
Sorina	-	Romanian
Blake	BLAYK	English
Murielle	muy-ree-EL	French
Kingsley	KINGZ-lee	English (Modern)
Rakel	RAH-kel (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic
Lettice	-	English (Archaic)