Compliment
Compliment verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.
Dismissing is an antonym for compliment.
Dismissing
Both words in one sentence
- Dismissing a Compliment: When Noah arrives on the island and promptly gives several girls over-the-top compliments likening them to Olympian goddesses, Bridgette calls him a "silver-tongued devil".
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Dismissing a Compliment: When C tells Sonny he's always right, Sonny says that if he was, he wouldn't have spent ten years in prison.
Source: Film / A Bronx Tale -
Dismissing a Compliment: Cazarosta's typical response to praise, insisting that he is only doing his duty as a soldier.
Source: Video Game / Sabres Of Infinity
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