compliment on



compliment someone on something

to say something nice to someone about something connected to that person. I was pleased with Alice's work and complimented her on it. They complimented me on my new tie.
See also: compliment, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elidi-Various
Lovise-Danish, Norwegian
&Aelig;Sc-Anglo-Saxon
Terenzio-Italian
LemminkÄInen-Finnish Mythology
Blandus-Ancient Roman