noun
definition
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
definition
Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
verb
definition
To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
Examples of compliment in a Sentence
I'll take that as a compliment on both counts.
I was amazed at his reaction to a simple compliment.
He ignored my compliment and moved ahead.
Still, it sure would be nice to have someone open doors, send flowers, and compliment her on a nice dress or a job well done.
He was so tuned in to Elisabeth's voice, that just by scanning a piece of music, he knew where to change the composition to compliment her, and where to back off to let her shine.
That was meant as a compliment.
It was a compliment.
I think that's a compliment.
You receive this compliment with a well practiced smile.
Why, they are sending ambassadors to compliment the usurper.
But Pope excelled, not only in the voluptuous and in the didactic epistle, but in that of compliment as well, and there is no more graceful example of this in literature than is afforded by the letter about the poems of Parnell addressed, in 1721, to Robert, earl of Oxford.
Envelopes can also be stamped to compliment your card.
Count Anders Johan von Hopken (1712-1789), the friend of Louise Ulrica, was a master of rhetorical compliment in addresses and funeral orations.
The occasion was one of compliment, and there is nothing striking in the speech as reported; but it served to gain for him the attention of the house when ho presented himself, as he soon afterwards did, in debates of a party character.
I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere.
Flowers are great by themselves, or they nicely compliment other gifts as well.
Online jewelers also offer a wide selection of ring styles to compliment any promise.
This sign matches well with Rabbits and Pigs who both compliment Goat's love of stability.
So, who best can compliment the nature of this slow and steady sign?
As you would expect from one of the hottest designers around, Marc Jacobs shoes are every bit as desirable as the clothes they were designed to compliment.
Frye boots can be enjoyed by men, women, and children with many styles that compliment any wardrobe.
In 1958, Hush Puppies created the first comfortable shoe that was a perfect compliment to the casual dress movement.
Pumps in red patent leather and wedges in metallic bronze leather are the perfect compliment to any fashionable wardrobe.
The sheepskin and leather uppers compliment the warm fleece lining.
Whether you like vintage or new, a pair of rockabilly boots are the perfect compliment to any outfit.
The perfect compliment to a fall wardrobe, shooties are versatile and go with a variety of outfits.
You can choose to share this meaning with people that are close to you, or simply let them compliment you on the beauty of the design.
Zero in on the element you like more, and use the other as a compliment.
However, a diet low in salt will definitely compliment this.
Consider it a compliment.
In compliment to King Philip, the general command of the league's fleet was given to his natural brother, Don John of Austria.
It was founded by the British in 1826 on the restoration of the town of Martaban to the Burmese, and named in compliment to the governor-general of India of that day; but in 1827 the headquarters were transferred to Moulmein.
John I., sometimes surnamed "the Great," and sometimes "father of his country," died on the iith of August 1433, in the forty-eighth year of a reign which had been characterized by great prudence, ability and success; he was succeeded by his son Edward or Duarte, so named out of compliment to Edward III.
The latter, indeed, was more than a friend, he was a disciple; and Montaigne, just as he had constituted Mlle de Gournay his "fille d'alliance," bestowed on Charron the rather curious compliment of desiring that he should take the arms of the family of Montaigne.
I doubt if the like compliment was ever paid before to one of our ` idle trade.'" The present article is the biography contributed by the poet to the 9th ed.
He wrote a letter to Mr Garlike, secretary of the British embassy at St Petersburg, saying that he had come with a small squadron as the best way of paying "the very highest compliment" to the tsar.
A compliment in the preface to the edition of 1749 was the starting-point of a lasting friendship with William Warburton, through whose influence he was appointed one of the preachers at Whitehall in 1750.
Randolph, the adopted "son" of Ben Jonson, addressed a poem of compliment to him, and became his friend, and that Feltham attacked Ben Jonson in an ode shortly before the aged poet's death, but contributed a flattering elegy to the J onsonus Virbius in 1638.
Lord Chesterfield well knew the value of such a compliment; and therefore, when the day of publication drew near, he exerted himself to soothe, by a show of zealous and at the same time of delicate and judicious kindness, the pride which he had so cruelly wounded.
To say that the government deliberately adopted the Machiavellian policy of mastering the revolution by setting race against race would be to pay too high a compliment to its capacity.
Female saints, too, are held in high honour; and the Berber pays his wife the compliment of monogamy.
A peculiar compliment to Mahomet was involved in the fact that the leaders of the rebellion in the various districts did not pose as princes and kings, but as prophets; in this appeared to lie the secret of Islam's success.
Three years later (2 B.C.) Augustus, now consul for the 13th and last time, paid a similar compliment to the younger brother Lucius.
Proof of this is supplied by the marriage festivities in 1430, when Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, wedded Isabel of Portugal, and founded the famous order of the Golden Fleece out of compliment to the staple industry of Bruges.
That in my answer to his first letter I refused his correspondence, told him I had laid philosophy aside, sent him only the experiment of projectiles (rather shortly hinted than carefully described), in compliment to sweeten my answer, expected to hear no further from him; could scarce persuade myself to answer his second letter; did not answer his third, was upon other things; thought no further of philosophical matters than his letters put me upon it, and therefore may be allowed not to have had my thoughts of that kind about me so well at that time.
He soon after paid this society the compliment of dedicating to it his Latin poem, entitled De Solis et Lunae Defectibus (London, 1764).
It needs something light and not too distracting from the natural beauty of the room - something that would compliment the antique quality.
She smiled at the compliment and his hand a squeeze that buckled his knees; then changed the subject.
Was the offering a compliment or a complaint?
Dean wasn't sure he appreciated the compliment but the pair made fast work of folding up his tent and moving the small enclosure to the new site.