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What is another word for
backhanded
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Having a snide or sarcastic edge, quality or meaning
Characterized by a lack of sincerity
Not expressed or done in a direct way
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
Adjective
▲
Having a snide or sarcastic edge, quality or meaning
sarcastic
snide
ironic
sardonic
sneaky
tongue-in-cheek
two-edged
with tongue in cheek
double-edged
mocking
caustic
satirical
biting
derisive
scornful
scoffing
cynical
sharp
ironical
sneering
cutting
mordant
scathing
contemptuous
satiric
acerbic
wry
stinging
trenchant
dry
sarky
mordacious
bitter
pungent
acrid
acid
disparaging
keen
ridiculing
arrogant
derisory
chaffing
burlesque
twisted
incisive
critical
witty
clever
uncomplimentary
jibing
spicy
backbiting
defiant
poignant
quick-witted
more ❯
“People started calling him the best rapper in Britain, a bit of a
backhanded
compliment, taking into account the whole suitcase-and-waterpistol state of British rap.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by a lack of sincerity
insincere
hypocritical
phoney
UK
fake
pretended
feigned
artificial
phony
US
unctuous
mealy
counterfeit
mealymouthed
jive
double
lip
Pecksniffian
two-faced
double-dealing
double-faced
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
Janus-faced
left-handed
deceptive
duplicitous
false
deceitful
dissembling
dishonest
treacherous
lying
hollow
faithless
perfidious
untruthful
fraudulent
disingenuous
pretend
sly
disloyal
mendacious
assumed
pretentious
unnatural
affected
snide
smooth
devious
underhand
equivocal
specious
deceiving
shifty
canting
ambiguous
cunning
crafty
spurious
artful
indirect
slick
tricky
guileful
untrustworthy
cynical
inauthentic
jivey
glib
unreliable
feigning
oily
knavish
sneaky
pharisaical
pharisaic
deluding
foxy
put-on
smooth-spoken
smooth-tongued
back-stabbing
dual
weak
hypocritic
simulated
contrived
Tartuffian
Pharisaic
Pharisaical
unconvincing
double-crossing
strained
faked
ironic
mannered
hollow-hearted
superficial
dubious
pseudo
unauthentic
sham
actorly
quack
stilted
posed
underhanded
beguiling
backstabbing
misleading
paradoxical
cryptic
enigmatic
sardonic
uncertain
fishy
put on
double dealing
so-called
not genuine
wily
double-edged
ambivalent
designing
double-meaning
crooked
subtle
Machiavellian
astute
two-edged
sneaking
stealthy
surreptitious
untrue
secret
slippery
intriguing
unfaithful
overdone
deep
exaggerated
wormlike
perilous
sinister
ensnaring
dangerous
snaky
corrupt
dissimulating
insidious
like a snake in the grass
evasive
pseud
ambidextrous
not candid
not frank
lacking sincerity
with tongue in cheek
bogus
forced
plastic
mock
mechanical
factitious
unscrupulous
shady
cheating
laboured
UK
labored
US
unprincipled
dishonourable
UK
bent
delusive
two-timing
truthless
stiff
dishonorable
US
false-hearted
dodgy
fallacious
fakey
sharp
traitorous
imitation
wrong
delusory
unsound
scheming
recreant
meretricious
undependable
roguish
self-conscious
rascally
defrauding
faux
slim
wooden
studied
fabricated
fickle
immoral
rogue
calculating
fast
unethical
incorrect
erroneous
inaccurate
unfair
overworked
unfounded
synthetic
shonky
conniving
theatrical
invalid
perjured
manufactured
oblique
furtive
ersatz
quasi-
cod
constrained
forged
sophistical
casuistic
questionable
shrewd
disreputable
not to be depended on
fair-weather
not dependable
fly-by-night
not to be trusted
swindling
overripe
dirty
hoodwinking
professed
bland
captious
caviling
US
assuming
ostensible
illegal
cavilling
UK
Punic
concocted
inexact
clandestine
unveracious
fibbing
astucious
stagy
awkward
ham
hammy
distorted
villainous
campy
inconstant
faulty
bluffing
flawed
unreal
rigid
inflexible
bound
begrudging
coercive
grudging
binding
conscripted
stringent
forcible
make-believe
quasi
imaginary
virtual
mistaken
economical with the truth
imprecise
treasonable
apocryphal
fictitious
self-styled
counterfactual
improper
not real
not legit
not kosher
forsworn
wicked
misrepresentative
coloured
UK
colored
US
invented
cooked-up
smart
overblown
rehearsed
fly
exploitative
purported
illusory
improvised
intentionally misleading
flimsy
canny
clever
mealy-mouthed
uneasy
shallow
posey
pat
uncandid
unfrank
insignificant
conceited
melodramatic
affectated
counterfeited
imitated
playacting
fraud
prevaricating
equivocating
paltering
pirate
unspontaneous
bum
serpentine
wannabe
mala fide
pretending
salty
ornery
hostile
illicit
not entirely truthful
terminologically inexact
seeming
falsified
charlatan
shammed
impostrous
concealed
dissimulated
imposturous
apparent
of bad faith
as it were
would-be
not trustworthy
all talk and no action
avowed
to all intents and purposes
surface
devoid of validity
illusive
fanciful
off the mark
made up
trumped up
contrary to fact
off
base
adulterous
untrusty
scoundrelly
falsehearted
foul
malevolent
venal
malicious
mythomaniac
apostate
renegade
mean
cagey
irresponsible
fink
iffy
trustless
cute
cagy
unsafe
covert
unsporting
backstairs
secretive
illogical
unsportsmanlike
murky
baseless
snidey
hidden
conspiratorial
elaborate
arty-farty
precious
shrouded
veiled
errant
obliquitous
gimmicky
trumped-up
hugger-mugger
nonnatural
simpering
apish
genteel
highfaluting
airish
conscious
artsy
camp
chichi
hole-and-corner
vain
low-down
cloak-and-dagger
idle
below the belt
back-alley
under the table
sophistic
playing politics
playing games
faking one out
not straightforward
empty
nugatory
stuck up
gone Hollywood
criminal
unlawful
unjust
amoral
malfeasant
elusive
backbiting
untrusted
more ❯
“Horace, however, speaks of his predecessor with a mixture of
backhanded
praise and overt blame.”
Adjective
▲
Not expressed or done in a direct way
roundabout
circumlocutory
indirect
circuitous
ambiguous
oblique
periphrastic
sneaky
implicit
implied
evasive
inexplicit
inferred
tacit
understood
allusive
sneaking
underhand
hinted at
devious
ambagious
circumlocutionary
vague
elliptical
obscure
obliquitous
circular
meandering
digressive
discursive
enigmatic
equivocal
long-winded
inexact
unclear
elusive
imprecise
intangible
indefinite
indeterminate
indistinct
tricky
elusory
convoluted
unspecific
abstract
insubstantial
tortuous
circumlocutional
circumlocuitous
circumlocutious
equivocating
slippery
prevaricating
cagey
misleading
deceptive
cunning
shuffling
cryptic
shifty
perplexing
dissembling
puzzling
gnomic
deceitful
sophistical
casuistical
casuistic
Delphic
stonewalling
false
noncommittal
non-committal
“But this is only a
backhanded
way of saying that there is little consonance between school performance and job performance.”
Adjective
▲
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
scoffing
mocking
sardonic
scornful
cynical
sneering
satirical
derisive
caustic
contemptuous
jeering
disparaging
taunting
sharp
ironical
biting
cutting
mordant
acerbic
satiric
disrespectful
trenchant
offensive
mean
contumelious
scorching
corrosive
arrogant
bitter
salty
carping
acid
acerb
irascible
acrimonious
brusque
needling
saucy
scurrilous
chaffing
twitting
austere
captious
ornery
disillusioned
cussed
evil
severe
weisenheiming
hostile
snarling
smart-alecky
sarcastic
snarky
scathing
barbed
scalding
acidulous
acrid
tart
smart-mouthed
pungent
acidic
smart-aleck
stinging
vitriolic
ironic
sarky
snide
ridiculing
mordacious
nasty
harsh
critical
venomous
astringent
virulent
incisive
vicious
keen
abrasive
piercing
devastating
malicious
pointed
searing
spiteful
cruel
hurtful
wounding
catty
withering
waspish
unkind
penetrating
razor-edged
savage
polemic
fierce
poisonous
burning
brutal
ferocious
dry
rancorous
rapier-like
acute
truculent
unfriendly
erosive
belittling
hateful
corroding
rough
extremely critical
rude
blistering
destructive
unsparing
antagonistic
coarse
poignant
vindictive
derisory
pithy
snappy
derogatory
unblunted
slashing
polemical
strong
violent
heartless
edged
callous
negative
grim
pitiless
wry
stringent
telling
wise
discouraging
malignant
pernicious
forceful
maleficent
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
witty
curt
unhelpful
aggressive
abusive
malefic
disdainful
splenetic
undermining
disobliging
adverse
invalidating
contrary
obstructive
squint-eyed
ill-natured
malign
evil-intentioned
churlish
stern
vexatious
discrediting
troublesome
controversial
contentious
merciless
insensitive
gruff
rubbing the wrong way
irreverent
impertinent
lambent
unrelenting
malevolent
argumentative
disputatious
hard
coruscating
baleful
vengeful
bilious
unpleasant
sadistic
snappish
snippy
testy
acetose
short
disapproving
passive-aggressive
nauseating
irritating
ruthless
wanton
sour
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
cold-blooded
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
alkaline
razor-sharp
hard-hitting
vitriolous
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
peppery
double-edged
ungracious
envenomed
crabbed
dripping with malice
crisp
cold
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