English Explanatory Dictionary

praise with faint damns

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To provide minimal critique, implying that the criticism is the worst that could be said of someone or something.

Word forms

praise with faint damns praises with faint damns praising with faint damns praised with faint damns

Etymology

Inversion of damn with faint praise.

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