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backward compliments

backward compliments is the plural of backward compliment.

Meaning of backward compliment

Noun

backward compliment (plural backward compliments)

  1. A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.
    • (example) Those glasses just look too cute for you!

Questions about backward compliments

What is backward compliments the plural of?
Backward compliments is the plural of backward compliment.

Words near backward compliments in the dictionary

  1. backward and forward
  2. backward compatibilities
  3. backward compatibility
  4. backward compatible
  5. backward compliment
  6. backward compliments
  7. backward design
  8. backward dive
  9. backward dives
  10. backward in coming forward
  11. backward incompatibilities

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