16 wildly irritating things that people say that sound like compliments but are in fact the total opposite

There are compliments and there are compliments, and then there are those compliments which really aren’t compliments at all.

Sometimes they’re said accidentally, but more often than not they are totally deliberate, making it all the more savage.

We say all this after @realmellors went viral back in the day with the question: ‘What sounds like a COMPLIMENT but really isn’t a COMPLIMENT?’

And these 16 people totally nailed it.

1.

You look so much better [without your glasses/with your hair down/when you wear that]
So basically my normal look isn’t very nice, gotcha

— snowbee❄ (@bumblebees_exe) November 15, 2020

2.

“you’ve lost weight!!!!” https://t.co/9Wg897UMnY

— Kristin Chirico (@KristinChirico) November 16, 2020

3.

“This is a GREAT start!” https://t.co/u2ea9ptWdO

— Pamela Colloff (@pamelacolloff) November 17, 2020

4.

“Wow you’re so brave” for doing literally anything as a disabled person

— Kay (@hotmail_kay) November 15, 2020

5.

When someone thin complains they are fat & you remind them they are 3 sizes smaller than you & they reply “but being bigger suits you”.

— cynthia boden (@CynthiaBoden) November 15, 2020

6.

I wish had the confidence you did to wear that!

— Hafsa Qureshi (@MsHafsaQureshi) November 15, 2020

7.

After all I put you through you still stuck by me. You’re a real one https://t.co/PxNyJSulVE

— Renè The Leader ❤ (@Rene_noire) November 16, 2020

8.

“Beauty AND brains.” https://t.co/IRB7wL6RJx

— Doreen (@Doreenglm) November 15, 2020