Meaning of praise with faint damns | Babel Free

Definitions

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

idiomatic, transitive

Examples

“The former accordingly greeted his book with warm approval, and the latter praised it with faint damns.”

“But his emphasis on the novel’s interest in sex was a come-on – a way of praising it with faint damns.”

CEFR level