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fishes for compliments

fishes for compliments is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fish for compliments.

Meaning of fish for compliments

Verb

fish for compliments (third-person singular simple present fishes for compliments, present participle fishing for compliments, simple past and past participle fished for compliments)

  1. (intransitive) To self-deprecate in order to induce someone to make a compliment.
    • He’s so narcissistic! He whines that he’s ugly and unlikeable just to fish for compliments.

Questions about fishes for compliments

What is fishes for compliments the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fishes for compliments is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fish for compliments.

Words near fishes for compliments in the dictionary

  1. fisherwoman
  2. fisherwomen
  3. fishery
  4. fishes
  5. fishes down
  6. fishes for compliments
  7. fishes in troubled waters
  8. fishes one's wish
  9. fishes or cuts bait
  10. fishes out
  11. fishes out of water

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