Approval and Backhanded compliment
Opposite meaning terms
Approval
Approval noun - An acceptance of something as satisfactory.
Backhanded compliment is an antonym for approval.
Backhanded compliment
Approval is an antonym for backhanded compliment in topics: insult, embarrassment, provocation, verbal exhibition of bad temper.
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