English-Thai Dictionary

backhanded

ADJ พลิก มือ กลับ  กลับ ทิศทาง  phlik-mue-klab

 

backhanded

ADJ อ้อมค้อม  ลังเล  อิดเอื้อน  ambiguous om-khom

 

backhandedness

N การพลิก มือ กลับ ทิศทาง  kan-plig-mue-klab-tid-tang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BACKHANDED

a.[back and hand. ] With the hand turned backward; as a backhanded blow.

 

BACKHANDED

adv. With the hand directed backward; as, to strike backhanded.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BACKHANDED

BACKHANDED Back "hand `ed, a.

 

1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.

 

2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.

 

3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

 

BACKHANDEDNESS

BACKHANDEDNESS Back "hand `ed *ness, n.

 

Defn: State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

backhanded

back hand ed |bakˈhandid bækˈhændɪd | ▶adjective 1 made with the back of the hand facing in the direction of movement: a backhanded pass. 2 indirect; ambiguous or insincere: coming from me, teasing is a backhanded compliment . ▶adverb with the back of the hand or with the hand turned backward: Frank hit him backhanded.

 

Oxford Dictionary

backhanded

back |hand ¦ed |bakˈhandɪd | ▶adjective 1 made with the back of the hand facing in the direction of movement: a backhanded pass. 2 having a meaning that is expressed indirectly or ambiguously: coming from me, teasing is a backhanded compliment . ▶adverb with the back of the hand or with the hand turned backwards: Ellwood hit him backhanded.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

backhanded

backhanded adjective a backhanded compliment: indirect, ambiguous, oblique, equivocal; double-edged, two-edged, left-handed; tongue-in-cheek. ANTONYMS direct.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

backhanded

backhanded adjective a backhanded compliment: indirect, ambiguous, oblique, equivocal; double-edged, two-edged; tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic, ironic, sardonic. ANTONYMS direct, straightforward.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

backhanded

b á ck h à nd ed /-ɪd /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗反対の意味を持つ, あいまいな ; 間接的な 〈お世辞など 〉; 手の甲で打った ; バックハンドの 〈強打 打撃など 〉; 左傾斜の 〈筆跡 〉.