Get to know Compliment better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like praise or congratulations.
Compliment in a sentence
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Compliment meaning
- An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
- Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
- Misspelling of complement.
Synonyms of Compliment
Using Compliment
- The main meaning on this page is: An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect. | Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery. | Misspelling of complement.
- Useful related words include: praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment.
- In the example corpus, compliment often appears in combinations such as: to compliment, compliment the, compliment her.
Context around Compliment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Compliment
- In this selection, "compliment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, best, backhanded, guy and yourself stand out and add context to how "compliment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a backhanded compliment but i and a compliment is not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "compliment" sits close to words such as ariana, bombshell and byte, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with compliment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I do think it’s a compliment. (7 words)
It’s a great compliment to us. (7 words)
Sounds like a backhanded compliment, but I promise: It’s all compliment. (12 words)
One evening, as I was floating around the club, having a gay old time, a young man stopped me, and gave me a compliment that is not the kind of compliment you want to get, and yet it is simultaneously deeply moving, and affirming. (44 words)
A compliment is not a win but after a boiling night like this - it was 83 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius) in Guadalajara's aesthetic new stadium at the first bell - but it sure does help ease the hurt. (39 words)
Angelina Jolie left everyone in awe of her look as she arrived at the Eternals’ premiere in a strapless brown dress with a corset top and accessorised her look to compliment her role. (33 words)
Have you ever had a guy compliment you on your looks and ask you out on a date, only to turn around and insult you after you reject them? (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
One evening, as I was floating around the club, having a gay old time, a young man stopped me, and gave me a compliment that is not the kind of compliment you want to get, and yet it is simultaneously deeply moving, and affirming.
Sounds like a backhanded compliment, but I promise: It’s all compliment.
Pinkerton thanks her for the compliment but cuts her off as she continues to compliment him further.
A compliment is not a win but after a boiling night like this - it was 83 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius) in Guadalajara's aesthetic new stadium at the first bell - but it sure does help ease the hurt.
A compliment made to myself is quickly followed by a caveat: My boobs are pert, but look, there’s a stray black hair on my nipple.
And so they study through the entire Bible, and it really does, as you said, compliment what they’re receiving in their other classes because they grow.
Angelina Jolie left everyone in awe of her look as she arrived at the Eternals’ premiere in a strapless brown dress with a corset top and accessorised her look to compliment her role.
At many points in the show, they almost seemed boring for this reason, which is the best compliment you can give a couple on a dating show.
Ego had a second strong show in a row, while Kenan was Kenan, which is the compliment the veteran has earned.
Far from being a compliment, the sticker was a form of humorous protest against the Russia sanctions adopted last year after the start of the special military operation.
Forgive yourself for your shortcomings, give yourself permission to learn and compliment yourself for having experienced whatever it was.
For the occasion, Kate donned a navy woollen dress and belt, with tonal navy shoes to compliment the look.
Have you ever had a guy compliment you on your looks and ask you out on a date, only to turn around and insult you after you reject them?
He said "'what lovely innocent looking eyes" was meant as a compliment".
Huma, who starred in and as Tarla, has revealed the ‘best compliment’ that she has received for her performance in the movie.
I do think it’s a compliment.
Inspector Joe Rutherford, after presenting PC Burnikell with a Commander’s Compliment, said: “We are incredibly thankful for PC Burnikell’s actions as without his intervention the situation could have ended very differently.
It’s a great compliment to us.
It was designed to combat climate change and flooding and to compliment the town’s coastal location.
Level Up winner, Josephina Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna has excitedly taken to social media to share with her fans about a compliment she received from an A-list actor.
Common combinations with compliment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to compliment 42×
- compliment the 23×
- compliment her 12×
- as compliment 12×
- compliment to 12×
- and compliment 9×
- the compliment 8×
- biggest compliment 8×
- best compliment 7×
- compliment and 7×