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compliment 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian, from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir; COMPLY]
[C] a remark that shows you admire someone or something
::Being compared to Abba is a great compliment.
::Rob Andrew had a quiet game, which is meant as a compliment .
::All Felix's guests paid her extravagant compliments.
::To Joe the greatest compliment was to be considered amusing.
take sth as a compliment
to be pleased about what someone says about you, even though they may not mean to be nice
::They all seem to think that I ask rather cheeky questions, which I'll take as a compliment.
[singular] an action that shows you admire someone
::He paid MacLennan the finest compliment of all by imitating him.
compliment to
::It's a great compliment to the band that he came out of retirement to interview them.
fish for compliments
to try to make someone say something nice about you
compliments
[plural] praise or good wishes
::This soup is delicious; my compliments to the chef.
with the compliments of sb/with our compliments
formal used by a person or company when they send or give something to you
::With the compliments of J. Nocuold & Son.
::Please accept these tickets with our compliments.
the compliments of the season
old-fashioned used as a spoken or written greeting at Christmas and New Year
return the compliment
to behave towards someone in the same way that they have behaved towards you
::They didn't take a lot of notice of me, and I returned the compliment.
back-handed compliment
BrE left-handed compliment AmE something that someone says to you which is nice and not nice at the same time
::'You've got a brain. Try using it.' 'Thanks for the backhanded compliment!'