Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backhanded compliments

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
back-hand-ed -com-pli-ments
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of backhanded compliment

Questions

What does backhanded compliments mean?
plural of backhanded compliment

How to pronounce backhanded compliments

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