compliment

Definition

  • noun: a remark that says something good about someone or something
  • noun: an expression of esteem, respect, affection, or admiration
  • verb: to say nice things about (someone or something)
  • verb: to express esteem, respect, affection, or admiration to
  • used politely to express praise, welcome, or good wishes to someone
  • synonyms: adulation, adulate, praise

Examples

  • I woke up with a stiff neck, 'compliments of' that uncomfortable mattress in their guest room. [=sleeping on the uncomfortable mattress gave me a stiff neck]

  • When customers recommend our company to friends and family members, we consider that to be the highest/best 'compliment' we can get.

  • He told her he admired her paintings and she returned/repaid the 'compliment' by saying that she was a fan of his sculptures.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I don't want to be tortured. You're just, like, taking all the fun out of it! You just want me to say compliments all the time. So either you want the truth or you want compliments. Decide! It'd be nice if I got just a little bit of positive feedback about my tools. What else you got? (..)
    2012 The Dictator