Translation for '
compliment' from English to Serbian
NOUN | a compliment | compliments | |
VERB | to compliment | complimented | complimented complimenting | compliments | |
SYNO | to compliment | to congratulate |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
VERB to infinitive | simple past | past participle
present participle | 3rd person
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Usage Examples English
- The term "dag" can be a compliment from one dag to another.
- A backhanded (or left-handed) compliment, or asteism, is an insult that is disguised as, or accompanied by, a compliment, especially in situations where the belittling or condescension is intentional.
- A compliment is an expression of praise, congratulation or encouragement.
- Hotman responded by saying he considered the report a compliment and he was happy to be praised.
- P: "It is true that I sometimes compliment myself upon my ingenuity," Poirot confessed naively.
- Pinkerton thanks her for the compliment but cuts her off as she continues to compliment him further.
- C3 glomerulopathy is characterized by glomerular deposits of C3 compliment protein (with scant or absent Ig immunoglobulin deposits) due to mutations or inhibition of compliment regulatory proteins causing dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway.
- In more modern usage, it can be a superlative compliment ("you da man! ...
- In modern times, the description Fidelia has sometimes been used as a compliment to a woman.
- She was a skilled musician, and, while studying in Weimar, received a signal compliment from Franz Liszt.
- Although the review noticed the singer's more "simple" vocal deliveries, it went on to compliment her "aggressive" attitude throughout the album.
- Amy has difficulty accepting a compliment.
- The town was gazetted as Merolia in 1902 but was regazetted to compliment Archibald Edmund Burt later the same year.
- Speakers of Chinese seem to have a very deflective approach to praise and compliments, and in comparison to American English speakers, may compliment one another in conversation less frequently.
- Piron is compared to the Elder in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Pavlovich as a compliment of wit.
- In Turkish, it is quite common to say [...] ("Not so bad") as a form of compliment.
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