fish for compliments

to try to make someone praise you, often by criticizing yourself to them (usually in continuous tenses) Emma, you know you don't look fat in that dress. Are you fishing for compliments?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Monifa	-	Western African, Yoruba
Ajay	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Jade	JAYD (English)	English, French
Delphinus	-	Late Roman
Aniketos	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
Iwo	EE-vaw	Polish