Compliment and Excoriate

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

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Excoriate is an antonym for compliment.

Excoriate verb - To criticize harshly and usually publicly.

Usage example: the mayor had hardly been in office for a month before she was being excoriated for problems of very long standing

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Compliment is an antonym for excoriate in topics: cover, denounce, scrape layers off.

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