complimentary
18
4.2
- adjective
- /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəri/
:
halagador
- Everybody smile for your complimentary photograph.
- complimentary comments
- more complimentary
OK, Share content, be complimentary, OK, and be grateful.
- OK, Share content, be complimentary, OK, and be grateful.
- It was it was fairly complimentary of of Churchill throughout, right.
- You had some, you talked about healthcare though you, you know, when we first started talking you, you were not complimentary of healthcare.
- You know, what's different or cool and or complimentary about this new person that I'm getting to know a little bit.
- He's been so kind and complimentary, you know, publicly about our work with him, which I'm super grateful.
- You've been complimentary of Elon and Tesla's work on Optimus robot with this, their humanoid robot.
- No one has been harder on Donald Trump or, you know, tweeted at me a million times, never complimentary, but I do.
- And the more I allowed those complimentary emotions, the more powerful I felt.
- I think you come in and you're complimentary to them and you say, you know, I would love to work with you.
Examples
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Does he say complimentary things to you?
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I can get you complimentary tickets, if you want.
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Now let me let me say something complimentary about the the people within public school system.
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Everyone I know, and all the press I have seen, have been complimentary until this.
Blog text (28) -
The international community is also highly complimentary of the progress Rwanda has made on this issue.
Academic text (2006) -
I could not be partnered with someone who is more complimentary to who I am than Anthony.
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He's been so kind and complimentary, you know, publicly about our work with him, which I'm super grateful.
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She was very complimentary in her readings about Roy, just not necessarily as a writer.
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You're always so complimentary.
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He gave me a complimentary remark about my presentation, which made me feel very appreciated.
Synonyms
5
4.0
Showing strong praise and approval
3
8.1
Showing praise for a person or thing
Showing approval by saying good things about someone or their work
Showing approval and admiration for someone or their work
Showing praise for someone or something
Showing approval or praise for something
Showing praise or approval
Showing praise or approval
Being full of praise for someone, often in a formal way
Giving very strong praise in a formal speech or writing
Expressing strong praise, often in formal language
Antonyms
How Complimentary
Surface Forms
Morphology
complimentary = compliment (transparent) = compliment + ary
Formed from the noun 'compliment' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ary', so learners who know 'compliment' can infer 'expressing praise'.
Etymology
The word complimentary comes from compliment, a polite word that shows respect or praise. So, complimentary means 'expressing praise' or giving praise to someone.