compliment
Example Sentences
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The latter charge he no doubt would have taken as a compliment.
From Los Angeles Times
They have built their own language around scent—compliment factor, projection, signature scent—and it is playful and personal.
Last Thanksgiving was full of backhanded compliments and pointed remarks.
From MarketWatch
I’ve had zero patience for people who try to water down their response to #MeToo by saying, “Don’t people get to flirt anymore? Don’t they get to smile at each other? Can’t you compliment someone?”
From Salon
And that to me is like, that’s a penultimate compliment from another musician.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
