Compliment
An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend.
To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to.
To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.
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Compliment Quotations
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Mark Twain
Everybody likes a compliment.
Abraham Lincoln
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David Thoreau
We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
Margaret Thatcher
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.
Voltaire
I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.
Mitch Hedberg
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
George Eliot
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
Sidney Poitier
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
Plautus
Compliment Translations
compliment in Dutch is complimenteren
compliment in French is compliment, flatterie
compliment in German is Kompliment, Komplement
compliment in Italian is complimento, lisciatura
compliment in Portuguese is elogio
compliment in Spanish is cumplimiento, halago
compliment in Swedish is komplimang
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