| Main Entry: |
complimentary |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
flattering |
Synonyms: |
adulatory,
appreciative, approbative, approbatory, approving, celebrating, commendatory, congratulatory, courtly, encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, fair-spoken, fawning, highly favorable, honeyed, honoring, laudatory, panegyrical, plauditory,
polite, praiseful,
respectful, sycophantic,
unctuous, well-wishing, with high praise, with highest recommendation
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| Notes: |
something is complimentary when it has the property embodied in such an expression; complementary describes an addition that produces completeness or perfection in something |
Antonyms: |
blaming, censuring, critical, denouncing, disparaging, insulting, reproachful, unflattering
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