Definitions for compliment

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compliment com·pli·ment

Spelling: [noun kom-pluh-muh nt; verb<

IPA: /noun ˈkɒm plə mənt; verb ˈkɒm pləˌmɛnt/

Compliment is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 574 anagrams from letters in compliment (ceilmmnopt).

Definitions for compliment

noun

1. an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration:
2. a formal act or expression of civility, respect, or regard:
3. compliments, a courteous greeting; good wishes; regards:
4. Archaic. a gift; present.

verb (used with object)

1. to pay a compliment to:
2. to show kindness or regard for by a gift or other favor:
3. to congratulate; felicitate:

verb (used without object)

1. to pay compliments.

Origin of compliment

1570-80; French Italian complimento Spanish cumplimiento, equivalent to cumpli- (see comply) + -miento -ment; earlier identical in spelling

Examples for compliment

Thank you for the compliment, but I don't expect to stick to it all my life.

But Mr. Gladstone, while acknowledging the compliment, declined because of his age.

“Novelist good for nothing else,” said Samuel Beckett, and that ought to be taken as a compliment.

To be the very first moment that we see on an episode of The Good Wife was quite a compliment and very humbling.

And the criticism is always poorly packaged as concern or some sad excuse for a compliment.

She laughed her little laugh of pleasure, and thanked him prettily for the compliment.

"I can make a horse do what I want," he said, delighted at the compliment.

Hawke, ever the charmer, kicks things off with a compliment: I really like you guys.

They are angry also, as I understand, with my mother, for returning his compliment.

For many men, being depicted by Channing Tatum in a film about your life would be a compliment.