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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jockie	-	Scottish
Arto	AHR-to	Finnish
Zenovia	-	Greek
Scarlet	['ska:lit]
Vere	-	English
Nicodemus	nik-ə-DEE-məs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin