📖 Определения и значения для слова compliment
📒 a comment that expresses praise or approval of somebody
- to pay somebody a compliment (= to praise them for something)
- ‘You understand the problem because you're so much older.’ ‘I'll take that as a compliment!’
- It's a great compliment to be asked to do the job.
📒 polite words or good wishes, especially when used to express praise and approval
- My compliments to the chef!
- (British English) Compliments of the season! (= for Christmas or the New Year)
- Please accept these flowers with the compliments of (= as a gift from) the manager.
📒 a comment that seems to express approval but could also be understood as expressing a poor opinion of somebody/something
- In a backhanded compliment she said he looked very good for his age.