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backwards compliment

backwards compliment is the alternative form 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!

Forms of backwards compliment

pluralbackwards compliments

Questions about backwards compliment

What is backwards compliment the alternative form of?
Backwards compliment is the alternative form of backward compliment.

Words near backwards compliment in the dictionary

  1. backwards
  2. backwards and forwards
  3. backwards compatibilities
  4. backwards compatibility
  5. backwards compatible
  6. backwards compliment
  7. backwards compliments
  8. backwards roll
  9. backwards rolls
  10. backwards-compatible
  11. backwards-compatibly

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