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complimented

complimented is the simple past and past participle of compliment.

Meaning of compliment

Verb

compliment (third-person singular simple present compliments, present participle complimenting, simple past and past participle complimented)

  1. (ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
    • […] 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.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, book II (Pleasure), page...
    Antonyms:
    insult

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Words formed from complimented

Questions about complimented

What is complimented the simple past and past participle of?
Complimented is the simple past and past participle of compliment.

Words near complimented in the dictionary

  1. complimentarily
  2. complimentariness
  3. complimentarity
  4. complimentary
  5. complimentative
  6. complimented
  7. complimentee
  8. complimentees
  9. complimenter
  10. complimenters
  11. complimenteth

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