pay a compliment

Flatter or praise to someone.

Pay a compliment: Flatter or praise to someone.
He paid her a compliment when he told her she looked like a model

by Patoedu14 June 9, 2016

Side handed compliment

A compliment in between a regular compliment and a backhanded complement. It’s more of a neutral statement.

What she said wasn’t really a compliment, it was more of a side handed compliment if u ask me.

by Hollowblue March 27, 2021

Compliment

A lie you tell someone to make them feel better

People like compliments, even though they mean nothing.

by AFrogWhoExists February 2, 2022

Compliment Inflation

When a person (typically a girl), receives so many compliments that the value of successive compliments decrease.

John: Ava, you’re so pretty!

Ava: Okay

John: Do you not like it when I say that?

Ava: No, it’s just that I get told I’m pretty all the time so the compliment doesn’t feel as special.

John: Oh I see, being called pretty has lost it’s effect due to compliment inflation.

by LittleToNoResearch January 9, 2024

complimentful

a complimentful person is someone that gives a lot of compliments and is confident while doing so.

a complimentful person: *a hella lot of compliments*
person: wow, you're so complimentful!
person2: wait, is that even a word?
me: well now it is.

by water55 November 28, 2020

Anti-compliment

Worse than an insult, better than a compliment

Oh my god Becky, she just anti-complimented you!

by CrackerRatato December 5, 2023

argumentative compliment

When someone you have strong feelings for does not understand how truly amazing they are!

You literally do NOT understand how amazing you are. An argumentative compliment is when someone tries to tell you that you are amazing when really they are the amazing one.

by Kaleidoscopesaretrippy January 25, 2020