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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
stiff
two-timing
truthless
dishonorable
US
false-hearted
dodgy
fallacious
fakey
sharp
traitorous
imitation
wrong
delusory
unsound
scheming
recreant
undependable
roguish
self-conscious
rascally
defrauding
faux
slim
wooden
studied
fabricated
fickle
meretricious
immoral
rogue
calculating
fast
unethical
incorrect
erroneous
inaccurate
unfair
overworked
unfounded
theatrical
synthetic
shonky
conniving
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
stagy
Punic
concocted
inexact
clandestine
unveracious
fibbing
astucious
campy
awkward
ham
hammy
distorted
villainous
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
sanctimonious
fly
exploitative
purported
illusory
improvised
intentionally misleading
flimsy
canny
clever
mealy-mouthed
uneasy
posey
unspontaneous
uncandid
unfrank
insignificant
conceited
melodramatic
affectated
counterfeited
imitated
playacting
fraud
prevaricating
equivocating
paltering
pirate
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
genteel
unsporting
backstairs
secretive
illogical
unsportsmanlike
murky
baseless
snidey
elaborate
hidden
conspiratorial
shrouded
veiled
simpering
apish
highfaluting
artsy
camp
errant
obliquitous
gimmicky
chichi
trumped-up
hugger-mugger
nonnatural
hole-and-corner
vain
low-down
cloak-and-dagger
idle
below the belt
back-alley
under the table
sophistic
playing politics
playing games
arty-farty
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
digressive
meandering
discursive
enigmatic
equivocal
inexact
unclear
elusive
imprecise
intangible
indefinite
convoluted
indeterminate
indistinct
tricky
elusory
long-winded
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
sardonic
mocking
scornful
derisive
caustic
contemptuous
satirical
sneering
cynical
biting
disparaging
ironical
cutting
sharp
jeering
mordant
satiric
taunting
acerbic
trenchant
contumelious
arrogant
disrespectful
mean
offensive
bitter
acid
scorching
corrosive
salty
carping
acerb
irascible
acrimonious
brusque
chaffing
needling
saucy
scurrilous
austere
captious
twitting
ornery
cussed
evil
severe
weisenheiming
disillusioned
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
venomous
critical
astringent
virulent
incisive
vicious
keen
abrasive
piercing
devastating
spiteful
malicious
searing
pointed
cruel
hurtful
wounding
catty
waspish
withering
unkind
penetrating
razor-edged
savage
polemic
poisonous
fierce
burning
brutal
rancorous
ferocious
dry
rapier-like
acute
unfriendly
truculent
belittling
hateful
erosive
corroding
rough
rude
extremely critical
vindictive
blistering
destructive
unsparing
antagonistic
coarse
poignant
derisory
pithy
snappy
derogatory
unblunted
slashing
polemical
strong
violent
heartless
edged
callous
negative
grim
malignant
pitiless
maleficent
pernicious
wry
stringent
telling
malefic
wise
discouraging
splenetic
aggressive
malign
forceful
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
witty
abusive
curt
unhelpful
disdainful
ill-natured
evil-intentioned
undermining
disobliging
adverse
invalidating
contrary
obstructive
squint-eyed
churlish
stern
vexatious
discrediting
troublesome
merciless
unrelenting
insensitive
gruff
sadistic
contentious
rubbing the wrong way
crisp
ruthless
wanton
cold
irreverent
impertinent
argumentative
disputatious
lambent
cold-blooded
vitriolous
unpleasant
hard
snappish
snippy
testy
acetose
short
disapproving
coruscating
envenomed
passive-aggressive
nauseating
irritating
sour
crabbed
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
razor-sharp
alkaline
dripping with malice
hard-hitting
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
peppery
double-edged
ungracious
malevolent
baleful
vengeful
bilious
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