compliment
/ˈkɑmpləmənt/ verb C2- To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
He/she/it compliments · Past complimented · Past participle complimented · -ing form complimenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- compliment
- He/she/it
- compliments
- Past
- complimented
- Past participle
- complimented
- -ing form
- complimenting
From the library
“No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin,” he observed.
At two o’clock he bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had written, and locked the door of the office after me.
I must compliment you.”
Marilla, that is the first compliment I have ever had in my life and you can’t imagine what a strange feeling it gave me.
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