Meaning of COMPLIMENTARY
| Pronunciation: | | `kâmplu'menturee
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- [adj] conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark"
- [adj] obsequiously complimentary; "they listened with flattering interest"
- [adj] costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"
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| | Synonyms: | | adulatory, costless, encomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, free, gratis(p), gratuitous, laudatory, panegyric, panegyrical, praiseful, praising, unpaid |
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| | Antonyms: | | uncomplimentary | | |
| | See Also: | | favorable, favourable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com`pli*men"ta*ry\, a.
Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or
containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a
complimentary ticket. ``Complimentary addresses.''
--Prescott.
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| | Related Terms: | | acclamatory, admiring, adulatory, appreciative, approbatory, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, charitable, commendatory, congratulational, congratulatory, costless, courtierly, courtly, eleemosynary, encomiastic, eulogistic, expenseless, fair-spoken, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, for free, for love, for nothing, free, free as air, free for nothing, free gratis, free of charge, free of cost, freebie, fulsome, giftlike, given, gratis, gratuitous, gratulant, gratulatory, gushing, honeyed, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, insincere, insinuating, laudatory, mealymouthed, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, on the house, panegyric, panegyrical, regardful, respectful, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soapy, soft-soaping, sycophantic, unbought, unctuous, unpaid-for, untaxed, wheedling, without charge |
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