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overcompliment

overcompliment verb: to compliment excessively.

Verb

overcompliment (third-person singular simple present overcompliments, present participle overcomplimenting, simple past and past participle overcomplimented)

  1. (transitive) To compliment excessively.

Forms of overcompliment

third-person singular presentovercompliments
present participleovercomplimenting
past participleovercomplimented
pastovercomplimented

Origin of overcompliment

From over- + compliment.

Questions about overcompliment

What does overcompliment mean?
Overcompliment means to compliment excessively.
What part of speech is overcompliment?
Overcompliment is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcompliment?
The past tense of overcompliment is overcomplimented.

Words near overcompliment in the dictionary

  1. overcomplicating
  2. overcomplication
  3. overcomplications
  4. overcomplicator
  5. overcomplicators
  6. overcompliment
  7. overcomplimentary
  8. overcomplimented
  9. overcomplimenting
  10. overcompliments
  11. overcomposed

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