- Types Of Speech
- You can use backhanded as a adjective satellite or as a article in a sentence.
- About Backhanded
- A 3 syllables adjective satellite and 10 letters with the letters a, b, c, d, e, h, k, and n, 7 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters ha. Backhanded starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters b, ba, bac, back, backh, and the ending characters are d, ed, ded, nded, anded, ..
- Definition
- Roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, backhanded has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are back, and handed.
- Pig Latin
- Backhanded in Pig Latin is said as "ackhandedbay or ackhandedbway".
- Unigram
- b | a | c | k | h | a | n | d | e | d
- Bigram
- ba | ac | ck | kh | ha | an | nd | de | ed
- Trigram
- bac | ack | ckh | kha | han | and | nde | ded
- Quadrigram
- back | ackh | ckha | khan | hand | ande | nded
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- roundabout or ambiguous;
"attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity";
"a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
- Article Examples
- (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdominal External Oblique Muscle | |
| Abusive | characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment "abusive punishment" "argued...that foster homes are abusive" |
| Ambagious | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression" "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meaning |
| Askance | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
| Askant | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
| Asquint | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
| Atrocious | provoking horror "an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill "an ugly wound" |
| Audacious | disposed to venture or take risks "audacious visions of the total conquest of space" "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas" "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers" "a venturesome investor" "a venturous spirit" |
| Backhand | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke |
| Backhand Shot |
View all cognitive synonyms for Backhanded
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Backhanded | roundabout or ambiguous "attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity" "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal" |
View English words with the unique letters used in backhanded. Words With The Letters Abcdehkn
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indirect | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "must take an indirect couse in sailing" |
Backhanded Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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