compliment
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Is compliment a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of compliment?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.Examples: "He told the Captain, He was heartily sorry for his Misfortunes; tho’ in my Opinion that was nothing but a Compliment: For, as I found afterwards, he was more brutish, and dishonest, than most of the other Kings on the Island […]"; "This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment, but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction."uncountable
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).Examples: "[…] She transferr'd the curs'd Advice, / That Monarchs ſhould their inward Soul diſguise, / Diſſemble, and command; be falſe, and wiſe; / By ignominous Arts for ſervile Ends / Should compliment their Foes, and ſhun their Friends."Antonyms: insultambitransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary