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compliment
noun as in praise, flattery
Strongest matches
admiration, adulation, applause, blessing, commendation, courtesy, endorsement, homage, ovation, tribute
Strong matches
acclaim, acclamation, appreciation, approval, bouquet, cajolery, comp, confirmation, congratulations, encomium, eulogy, favor, felicitation, honor, laud, laurels, notice, orchid, panegyric, posy, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, veneration
Weak matches
buttering up, good word, kudo, laudation, pat on the back, warm fuzzy
Example Sentences
“With ‘Limos’ we had very few lights in the room, and we kept getting compliments on it,” Evaristo says.
And last year, Swift showered Charli with compliments in an interview with New York Magazine.
They may also chip away at your mood slowly, through backhanded compliments or pressuring you to be upbeat, where they don't allow you to express how you are really feeling.
Anointing someone the GOAT, as in “Greatest of All Time,” has been around longer, but the silly thing about both compliments is they’re getting handed out like Halloween candy.
I tell my scene partner, “You never gave me a single compliment!”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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