compliments

Noun

Meaning

(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

encore kudos blarney congratulations congratulation encomium regard wish tribute praise admiration greeting applause veneration eulogy

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Antonyms

damnation complaint disappointment nausea stare reprimand

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Hypernyms

greeting salutation

Phrases with the word

fishing for compliments compliments of the house using compliments angling for compliments compliments excessively compliments me

Examples

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. Oscar Wilde

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. Samuel Richardson

Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay. Oscar Wilde

Long visits bring short compliments. English Proverb

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them. German Proverb

Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

complimenter complimenting excessively complimentingly compliments excessively compliments me compliments of the house