backhanded dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

Traductions de backhanded dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

backhanded [GB bakˈhandɪd, Am bækˈhændəd] ADJ

backhanded compliment:

backhanded

équivoque

I.backhand [GB ˈbakhand, Am ˈbækˌhænd] SUBST

1. backhand (stroke):

backhand

revers m

to have a strong backhand

avoir un bon revers

2. backhand (writing):

backhand

écriture f penchée à gauche

II.backhand [GB ˈbakhand, Am ˈbækˌhænd] ADJ

1. backhand SPORT:

backhand volley

de revers

backhand drive

coup m droit de dos

2. backhand writing:

backhand

penché à gauche

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two-handed sword, backhand

à deux mains

backhand slice

revers m slicé

to play to sb's backhand

jouer sur le revers de qn

Traductions de backhanded dans le dictionnaire français»anglais

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faire un revers lifté

to do a backhand with topspin

revers

backhand (stroke)

faire un revers

to play a backhand (stroke)

volée de revers

backhand volley

backhanded dans le dictionnaire PONS

Traductions de backhanded dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

backhand [ˈbækhænd] SUBST no plur

backhand

revers m

Autres traductions et expressions typiques avec les termes de votre recherche

practise backhand

améliorer

Traductions de backhanded dans le dictionnaire français»anglais

Autres traductions et expressions typiques avec les termes de votre recherche

revers

backhand

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

The term, which is used in a pejorative or ironic sense, can also be used as a backhanded compliment to someone's perseverance, cleverness, or thrift.

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Sometimes, a backhanded compliment may be inadvertent.

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The comparison to incendiary devices is not a backhanded compliment.

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In some cultures, backhanded compliments are considered a genteel or polite way of expressing disdain.

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Everything they would say was very backhanded, and they were always bragging about their success.

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So how should confident women deal with backhanded comments and the men who lob them?

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He tossed in some backhanded compliments while doing so.

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A backhanded compliment may fool the listener, but the compliment remains backhanded because the speaker is being intentionally slighting and insulting.

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I left him temporarily after he backhanded me across the face one night.

rabble.ca

For all their success, the two men say they've heard whispered gossip from other agencies and received backhanded compliments to their faces.

www.campaignlive.co.uk