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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | courtly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refined manner |
| Synonyms: | adulatory, affable, aristocratic, august, ceremonious, chivalrous, civil, civilized, complimentary, conventional, cultured, decorous, dignified, elegant, flattering, formal, gallant, gracious, high-bred, imposing, lofty, obliging, polished, polite, preux, prim, refined, stately, studied, urbane |
| Antonyms: | impolite, indecorous, inelegant, low-bred, provincial, rough, uncivil, unpolished, unrefined |
| Main Entry: | favorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approving, friendly |
| Synonyms: | acclamatory, affirmative, agreeable, amicable, approbative, approbatory, assenting, benevolent, benign, benignant, commending, complimentary, encouraging, enthusiastic, in favor of, inclined, kind, kindly, laudatory, okay, positive, praiseful, predisposed, reassuring, recommendatory, supportive, sympathetic, understanding, welcoming, well-disposed, well-intentioned |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without charge |
| Synonyms: | chargeless, comp, complimentary, costless, for love, for nothing, free of cost, free ride, freebie, gratis, gratuitous, handout, on the cuff, on the house, paper*, unpaid, unrecompensed |
| Antonyms: | costly, expensive, high-priced, priced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy, enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | adulatory, ardent, avid, blazing, burning, complimentary, desirous, eager, ecstatic, eulogistic, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, keen, laudatory, panegyrical, passionate, rave, rhapsodic, zealous |
| Antonyms: | dull, unenthusiastic, unhappy, unsmiling |
| Main Entry: | gratis |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | as a gift, chargeless, complimentary, costless, for love, for nothing, free of charge, free ride, freebie, freely given, gratuitous, on someone, on the house, unpaid for, without charge, without recompense |
| Antonyms: | costly, expensive |
| Main Entry: | gratuitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | chargeless, complimentary, costless, for nothing, gratis, spontaneous, unasked-for, unpaid, voluntary, willing |
| Notes: | grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause |
| Antonyms: | costly, expensive |
| Main Entry: | on the house |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | for free |
| Synonyms: | chargeless, complimentary, compliments of the house, costless, for nothing, for the asking, free, free of charge, free of cost, free ride, freebie, freebie, gratis, gratuitous, no charge, on the cuff |
| Main Entry: | panegyric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laudatory |
| Synonyms: | acclamatory, complimentary, praising |
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