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"word": "backhanded compliment"
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"word": "backward compliment"
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"word": "left-handed compliment"
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"word": "with compliments"
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"text": "pay someone a compliment",
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},
{
"ref": "1782, William Cowper, “Table Talk”, in Poems, London: J. Johnson, page 37",
"roman": "And many a compliment politely penn’d,",
"text": "Virtue indeed meets many a rhiming friend,",
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]
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"roman": "madḥa",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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],
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"word": "مُجامَلة"
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"word": "bók"
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"word": "お世辞"
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"word": "คำชมเชย"
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"ref": "1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, page 25",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"roman": "ljubéznostʹ",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"code": "sa",
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"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"code": "sa",
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"roman": "cāṭu",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"word": "cumplido"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"word": "komplimang"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
"word": "คำชมเชย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
"word": "övgü"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
"word": "iltifat"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
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"roman": "komplimént",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
"word": "компліме́нт"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "poxvalá",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
"word": "похвала́"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ljubʺjáznistʹ",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
"word": "люб'я́зність"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "expression of praise, congratulation or respect",
"word": "lời khen"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kompliment",
"sense": "courtesy, flattery",
"tags": [
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"word": "комплимент"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "courtesy, flattery",
"word": "kohteliaisuus"
},
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"code": "fi",
"english": "flattery",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "courtesy, flattery",
"word": "imartelu"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "courtesy, flattery",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Kompliment"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "courtesy, flattery",
"tags": [
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"word": "Schmeichelei"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "courtesy, flattery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Höflichkeitsbezeigung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "courtesy, flattery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Höflichkeitsbezeugung"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "madaḥa",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "مَدَحَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hačoyaxosel",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "հաճոյախոսել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kompliment anel",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "կոմպլիմենտ անել"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kazácʹ kamplimjénty",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "каза́ць кампліме́нты"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hvalja",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "хваля"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pravja kompliment",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "правя комплимент"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "komplimentere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "complimenteren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "een compliment geven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "lausua kohteliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "complimenter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "faire un compliment"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "faire des compliments"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "beglückwünschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "ein Kompliment machen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "loben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "komplimentieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kolakévo",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "κολακεύω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epainó",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "επαινώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "painévo",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "παινεύω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "heẖmí",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "הֶחְמִיא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "bókol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "complimentarsi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "whakamihi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "komplimentere"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "gi kompliment"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "elogiar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "govorítʹ kompliménty",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "говори́ть комплиме́нты"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "felicitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "cumplimentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "ge en komplimang"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "komplimentera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "iltifat etmek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "khen ngợi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion",
"word": "ca tụng"
}
],
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