compliment _noun

ADJECTIVES 

great, big, huge
・He said he loved my paintings, which was a great compliment.

highest, ultimate, best 
・The highest compliment you can pay an actor is to say they don’t look as if they are acting.

nice
・She got a lot of nice compliments on her new hairstyle.

extravagant
・He paid all the actors and actresses extravagant compliments.

unexpected
・John blushed at the unexpected compliment.

backhanded, left-handed
・The reviewer said it was better than his last two films, which was rather a backhanded compliment.

VERBS

pay, give 
・He was always paying her compliments.

get, receive 
・The exhibition has received a lot of compliments from the public.

accept 
・She accepted his compliment graciously.

PREPOSITIONS

on
・I have had a lot of compliments on my cooking. 

to
・It’s a compliment to us that they are training so hard to beat us.

PHRASES

mean sth as a compliment
・When I said she’d lost weight, I meant it as a compliment.

take sth as a compliment 
・She said he was aggressive, and he took it as a compliment.

fish for compliments 
・When she asked if I liked her dress, she was obviously fishing for compliments.