LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT

Meaning of LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT in English

An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. I didn't know you could look so pretty! Is that a wig you're wearing?

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LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT — ( US ) = backhanded compliment
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT — An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. * /I didn't know you could look so pretty! Is that …
Slang English vocab
LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT — An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. * /I didn't know you could look so pretty! Is that …
Словарь английских идиом
LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT — an ambiguous compliment interpreted as offensive He gave her a left-handed compliment when he said that her dyed hair looked …
English Idioms vocab
LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT — сомнительный комплимент
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEFT HANDED COMPLIMENT — сомнительный комплимент, неискренний комплимент
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LEFT HANDED COMPLIMENT — сомнительный комплимент, неискренний комплимент
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT — сомнительный комплимент
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT — сомнительный комплимент
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HANDED — adjective Date: 15th century having a hand or hands especially of a specified kind or number, using a specified hand …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEFT — I. ˈleft adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English luft, lift, left, from Old English left, lyft- (as in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPLIMENT — I. ˈkämpləmənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Italian complimento, from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir to complete, accomplish, perform …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANDED — |handə̇d, |haan- adjective 1. : having hands a handed , vertical, tree-living animal — Weston La Barre 2. : being …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEFT — (a.) Situated so that the left side of the body is toward it; as, the left side of a deliberative …
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (a.) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (a.) With hands joined; hand in hand.
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (imp. & p. p.) of Hand
Английский словарь Webster
COMPLIMENT — (v. t.) To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment …
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Hand
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — ( a. ) With hands joined; hand in hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — ( a. ) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPLIMENT — ( v. t. ) To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEFT — left 1 /left/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or located on or near the side of a person or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — /han"did/ , adj. 1. having or involving a hand or hands (usually used in combination): two-handed backhand; a four-handed piano …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPLIMENT — — complimentable , adj. — complimenter , n. — complimentingly , adv. n. /kom"pleuh meuhnt/ ; v. /kom"pleuh ment'/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEFT — n. group of people who hold radical and socialistic political views; left side, side opposite the right; left turn; punch …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HANDED — adj. having a hand or hands; of or pertaining to the use of a particular hand; pertaining to the number …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEFT — I. ˈleft adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, weak; akin to Middle Low German lucht left; from the left …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPLIMENT — I. ˈkäm-plə-mənt noun Etymology: Middle French, from Italian complimento, from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir to be courteous — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDED — adjective Date: 15th century 1. : having a hand or hands especially of a specified kind or number — usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEFT — impf & ·p.p. of leave. 2. left ·impf & ·p.p. of leave. 3. left ·noun that part of surrounding space …
Webster English vocab
HANDED — adj with hands joined; hand in hand. 2. handed ·adj having a peculiar or characteristic hand. 3. handed ·impf & …
Webster English vocab
COMPLIMENT — vi to pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. 2. compliment ·vt to praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions …
Webster English vocab
-HANDED — ■ combining form 1》 for or involving a specified number of hands: a two~ return. 2》 using the hand specified: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LEFT — [left] adj [ME, fr. OE, weak; akin to MLG lucht left; fr. the left hand's being the weaker in most …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANDED — [hand.ed] adj (15c) 1: having a hand or hands esp. of a specified kind or number--usu. used in combination "a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COMPLIMENT — [com.pli.ment] n [F, fr. It complimento, fr. Sp cumplimiento, fr. cumplir to be courteous--more at comply] (1654) 1 a: an …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEFT — left BrE AmE left ▶ ˌ left ˈ luggage ˌ office BrE AmE ▶ ˌ left ˈ wing ◂ BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-HANDED — -handed BrE AmE ˈhænd ɪd ◂ -əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMPLIMENT — I compliment noun BrE AmE ˈkɒmp lɪ mənt -lə- AmE ˈkɑːmp lə- ▷ compliment|s s II compli|ment verb BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEFT — / left; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun —see also leave verb ■ adjective [ only before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLIMENT — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈkɒmplɪmənt; NAmE ˈkɑːm-/ 1. [ C ] a remark that expresses praise or admiration …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEFT — I. left 1 S1 W1 /left/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'weak' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMPLIMENT — I. com ‧ pli ‧ ment 1 /ˈkɒmpləmənt, ˈkɒmplɪmənt $ ˈkɑːm-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMPLIMENT — n. & v. --n. 1 a a spoken or written expression of praise. b an act or circumstance implying praise …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-HANDED — adj. (in comb.) 1 for or involving a specified number of hands (in various senses) (two-handed). 2 using chiefly the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMPLIMENT — n. & v. n. 1 a a spoken or written expression of praise. b an act or circumstance implying praise …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
COMPLIMENT — n. & v. --n. 1. a a spoken or written expression of praise. b an act or circumstance implying praise …
Oxford English vocab
-HANDED — adj. (in comb.) 1. for or involving a specified number of hands (in various senses) (two-handed). 2 using chiefly the …
Oxford English vocab
LEFT — I. REMAINING /left/ Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Left is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLIMENT — The verb is pronounced /kɒmplɪment/. The noun is pronounced /kɒmplɪmənt/. ( complimented) 1. A compliment is a polite remark that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEFT — I. REMAINING Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Left is the past …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LEFT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES are better left unsaid (= it is better not to mention them ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPLIMENT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES compliment slip COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ No great compliments , no …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPLIMENT — [noun] [C] - a remark that expresses approval, admiration or respectShe complained that her husband never paid her any compliments …
Cambridge English vocab
LEFT — Synonyms and related words : Gospel side, abandoned, aport, cantorial side, castaway, communistic, counterclockwise, departed, derelict, deserted, discarded, disused, forsaken, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPLIMENT — Synonyms and related words : TL, acclaim, accolade, adulate, adulation, applaud, benevolence, beslobber, beslubber, best wishes, blandish, blandishment, blarney, bless, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPLIMENT — See: RETURN THE COMPLIMENT.
Slang English vocab
COMPLIMENT — noun 1 expression of praise ADJECTIVE ▪ big , great , tremendous , ultimate ▪ To listen to someone is …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEFT — See ↑ REMAIN 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ none left/not any left • ↑ not have any more/not have any left …
Longman Activator English vocab
COMPLIMENT — n. 25B6; noun an unexpected compliment : FLATTERING REMARK, tribute, accolade, commendation, bouquet, pat on the back; ( compliments ) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

American Idioms English vocabulary

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