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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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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
Unjecdius
Created by: beverly
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was unjecdius when he complimented her.
Etymology: un- not ject- "reject" reject the compliment dius- medius (mediocre)think of themselves as mediocre because of their low self esteem.
Slashify
Created by: socks
Pronunciation: slash-i-fy
Sentence: Dang, she slashified me!
Etymology:
Compligrate
Created by: Sarfaraz
Pronunciation: comp...li..grate
Sentence: I felt myself thrown out of the room when my words were compligrated.
Etymology:
Aperflattic
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: app er flat ick
Sentence: Stan hated when Mary's responses were all aperflattic, to the point he never gave her any more compliments.
Etymology: from apathy and from flattery to be apparently apathetic about flattery
Subzeda
Created by: Littell16
Pronunciation: Sub-zee-duh
Sentence: Allison was subzedaed by Megan when she asked Megan to go to the corn maze.
Etymology: Sub-under;below;lower in rank,Zeda-Grzeda
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
Compliversion
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: com-plih-ver-shun
Sentence: Her compliversion prevented her from dating.
Etymology: Compliment + Aversion
Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James