Compliment and Deride

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Compliment verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.

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Deride is an antonym for compliment.

Deride verb - To make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter.

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Compliment is an antonym for deride in topics: respect, insult.

plot	compliment plot	deride plot
characters	compliment characters	deride characters
everyone	compliment everyone	deride everyone
skills	compliment skills	deride skills
Other words: players, opponents.

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