Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
compliment . - noun Good wishes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare
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Examples
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It's all relative, in the end, and when Amy Grech is amassing compliments from the likes of Joel Sutherland and Nate Kenyon -- two accomplished authors of dark fiction -- she's certainly on the right path.
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It's all relative, in the end, and when Amy Grech is amassing compliments from the likes of Joel Sutherland and Nate Kenyon -- two accomplished authors of dark fiction -- she's certainly on the right path.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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Sincere compliments from a coworker or a boss are nice, but outrageous flattery is often an attempt to draw you into a sociopath's snare.
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So I learned that giving compliments is a great way to change the world!
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She got alot of compliments from the guys and from the wardens, and I hope that she will want to continue.
Lady Hunters 2009
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TBD's Jenny Rogers collected the best faint praise and back-handed compliments from the press conference.
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 14, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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She got alot of compliments from the guys and from the wardens, and I hope that she will want to continue.
Lady Hunters 2009
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I realized this past week one of the things that bothers me so much about this whole “getting hit on” conundrum … First, it makes you uncomfortable – even the nicest least aggressive of compliments is quite frankly weird and uncomfortable, and immediately makes you feel like a sex object rarther than a person.
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The problem with lyrical realism is that it wants to be "observant" of reality (think of that most sought-after of compliments from a reviewer that the Author is Very Observant) but really what even the best of it achieves is not usually recognizable as "real."
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The Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein compliments Bush's "political courage" in addressing the issue in this manner.
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