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DEFINITION: v. To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery. n. A person who has difficulty accepting praise.
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Gruntful
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: grunt-full
Sentence: She was very gruntful when I complimented her on her blouse.
Etymology: grunt+grateful
Stompliment
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: stomp - le - ment
Sentence: Douglas turned every compliment into a stompliment as he could not accept them. Instead he ignored or stomped all over anything positive that people said about him.
Etymology: stomp, compliment
Complishield
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: com pli shield
Sentence: Before finding the right medication and therapy, he would complishield every favorable statement directed towards him.
Etymology: Compliment and shield
Mediconcious
Created by: DrDurrer
Pronunciation: med-e-con-she-us
Sentence: she was medoconcious of her looks and therefore never dressed to impress.
Etymology: medi- average concious- how one feels about themselves
Totejtion
Created by: alyssawren
Pronunciation: toat-eck-shun
Sentence: Billy complimented Susie and she totejtioned him. Susie did not believe Billy's comliment was sincere.
Etymology: tot-: all; whole -ejtion: rejection
Complirecant
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kom-pluh-kant
Sentence: Jill thinks of herself as a very humble person. Just to prove it she will complirecant anything nice that is said about her. After a few encounters people don't think of her as humble but rude and arrogant. She wonders why she never gets a date.
Etymology: compliment (an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration) + recant (to withdraw or disavow) + can't (Unwilling or unable to)
Rejeclament
Created by: rfrey121
Pronunciation: Re-jec-lament
Sentence: Suzy gave Richard a rejeclament when he tried to tell her that he like what she was wearing.
Etymology: Rejec- to throw clament- praise
Praiseblock
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: PRAYZ-blok
Sentence: Jim tried to tell his wife how much he admired her skill at parenting. But Sue, suspecting an ulterior motive, praiseblocked him.
Etymology: praise + block
Disacclaim
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: dis-ac-claim
Sentence: Gwen disacclaimed Gary's attempt at showering her with compliments and hid in the ladies room until he gave up and went away.
Etymology: disclaim: to deny the validity of; repudiate + acclaim: praise enthusiastically
Admirahensive
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: ad-mra-hen-siv
Sentence: Bing a shy guy he was always admirahensve any time a woman gave him attention.
Etymology: admiration + apprehensive
Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James