Compliments
Compliments noun - (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare.
Hates is an antonym for compliments.
Hates
Both words in one sentence
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Also, an inversion happens when Redcloak is about to go scout a dangerous path and the Monster in the Darkness compliments him on risking his own life instead of those of the hobgoblin minions Redcloak hates.
- In Twig, Lillian reacts like she's been slapped when Sylvester, who hates her for being New Meat and The Team Normal, compliments her on a job well done, signifying that he considers her as part of the gang.
Source: Compliment Backfire -
Catherine, too: even her compliments, should you earn them, all end with a heavy-handed slap about how much she hates men, and at no point does she even begin to acknowledge her bigotry like Edmund does.
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