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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
| Synonyms: | adulatory, appreciative, approbative, approbatory, approving, celebrating, commendatory, congratulatory, courtly, encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, fair-spoken, fawning, highly favorable, honeyed, honoring, laudatory, panegyrical, plauditory, polite, praiseful, respectful, sycophantic, unctuous, well-wishing, with high praise, with highest recommendation |
| Notes: | something is complimentary when it has the property embodied in such an expression; complementary describes an addition that produces completeness or perfection in something |
| Antonyms: | blaming, censuring, critical, denouncing, disparaging, insulting, reproachful, unflattering |
| Main Entry: | laudatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complimentary |
| Synonyms: | acclamatory, adulatory, approbative, approbatory, approving, commendatory, encomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, laudative, panegyrical, praiseful |
| Notes: | laudable means deserving praise; laudatory means expressing praise |
| Antonyms: | blaming, castigating, critical |
| Main Entry: | approbatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complimentary |
| Synonyms: | acclamatory, affirmative, applauding, approbative, approving, commendatory, congratulatory, laudatory, plauditory, praiseful, praising |
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