Compliment

  • 131complement —  , compliment/complementary, complimentary  The words come from the same Latin root, complere, meaning to fill up, but have long had separate meanings. Compliment means to praise. Complement has stayed closer to the original meaning: it means to… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 132send a bouquet — compliment a person, announce a compliment    I would like send a bouquet to the volunteers at the Food Bank …

    English idioms