Mortified - what do you mean if you say someone "looks well"?

[munemema]

I say it a lot. And I mean what it says, a genuine compliment.

I might mean that they seem happier or less tired than usual or that the haircut/make up suits them but I haven't been able to put my finger on the change, maybe they've lost some weight and their clothes fit better or perhaps they have a bit more colour in their cheeks.

Someone has just told me it's a universal euphemism for "you've gained weight"

@Fraggling, earlier in the thread people were talking about it being a NW phrase and then later a SE phrase. If you’d read the thread you would realise that the fact that it is also being used in the SW would rule out it being ‘regional.’