English Explanatory Dictionary

damn with faint praise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To provide praise that is minimal or inconsequential, implying that such praise is the best that could be said.

Pronunciation

en-au-damn with faint praise.ogg

Word forms

damn with faint praise damns with faint praise damning with faint praise damned with faint praise

Etymology

From a poem by Alexander Pope.

Related words

backhanded compliment cherry-pick left-handed compliment praise with faint damns

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