0 present participle of compliment
1 to praise or express admiration for someone:
It begins by defining the speech act of complimenting, and examining the function of compliments and the function and nature of compliment responses in each culture.
We should be complimenting pupils rather than running them down the whole time.
That is a strange way of complimenting him.
I am not complimenting him on the decision of last night.
We should be complimenting the staff and management rather than being so critical.
We have received letters complimenting us on the effect of the taxpayers charter.
I was complimenting the trade unions, and was pointing out that all these fears are ill-founded.
I was complimenting it on its caution in not rushing headlong into new technology in 1991, despite the attractions.
