'Backhanded' definitions:
Definition of 'backhanded'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke [syn: backhand(a), backhanded] [ant: forehand(a), forehanded]
adjective
Roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
Definition of 'Backhanded'
From: GCIDE
- Backhanded \Back"hand`ed\, a.
- 1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, backhanded letters. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'backhanded'
From: GCIDE
- backhanded \back"hand`ed\, a. & adv. (Sport) Stroked with a backhand[2]; as, a backhanded drive. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'backhanded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- ambagious,
- atrocious,
- backhand,
- calumnious,
- circuitous,
- circular,
- contumelious,
- deflectional,
- degrading,
- deviant,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- devious,
- digressive,
- discursive,
- divagational,
- divergent,
- excursive,
- helical,
- humiliating,
- indirect,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- left-handed,
- meandering,
- O-shaped,
- oblique,
- offensive,
- orbital,
- out-of-the-way,
- outrageous,
- rotary,
- round,
- roundabout,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- side,
- sidelong,
- sinister,
- sinistral,
- spiral,
- unspeakable