103 Funny Compliments That’ll Win Everyone Over

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The power of a good compliment

A sincere compliment has the power to make a bad day good and a good day better. Add humor to the mix, and you get an even more potent expression of affection. Funny compliments lift us up and give us a boost in confidence, all while providing a good chuckle.

As author and compliment connoisseur Mark Twain wrote, “I can live on a good compliment for two weeks with nothing else to eat.” See? The best compliments are so great they can even reduce your grocery bills! All kidding aside, it’s worth memorizing a few funny compliments for the next time a loved one is in need of a boost … and a bit of laughter.

How to give funny compliments

Similar to telling the best jokes, giving funny compliments is an art form. Rule No. 1? Keep it kind and never pair it with criticism. That wisdom, offered by Twain in the late 1800s, holds true to this day. “One should not pay a person a compliment and straightaway follow it with a criticism. It is better to kiss him now and kick him next week,” he inscribed on the endpaper of a first-edition Adventures of Huckleberry Finn novel.

Next, you should make it personal to the receiver or to your relationship with them. These go over far better than generic compliments. Avoid giving compliments that highlight an insecurity—and just say no to backhanded compliments. Finally, be sincere but humorous in your delivery. If you get a smile, giggle, chuckle or hearty belly laugh (the best!), you know you nailed it.

Ready to give it a try? Read on for the funniest compliments to give your family, friends, partner, kids, co-workers and pretty much anyone else in your life who could use some kind words and comical quips.

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Funniest compliments

• The chance of meeting a person like you is the only reason I talk to strangers.

• Being friends with you is like peeing my pants: warm, a relief and something the whole world will eventually see.

• You inspire me! Not enough to cure cancer but enough to load the dishwasher. And the dishwasher is definitely my most pressing problem.

• You’re the only one I let control the music when I drive.

• No one understands me like you do—not even me.

• You’re so efficient, you can cook Minute rice in 30 seconds.

• I saved a sample of your DNA … just in case cloning ever becomes legal.

• I brag to all my friends about you.

• I love your weird so much, it has become my normal.

• Thanks for inviting me over. You’ve got a real nice joint here—your elbow, specifically.

• You’re my rock when I hit rock bottom. Thanks for softening the fall.

• One of my favorite hobbies is hanging out with smart people. I got into it after I met you.

• Whenever I’m upset, you’re the first person I want to talk to … which probably sucks for you, but you handle it like a champ!

• You’re the only person who understands my sign language when I’m crying.

• Confession: You make me laugh so hard I pee a little.

• Are we bad at being good or just really good at being bad? Not that it matters.

• I love you like waffles love Nutella.

These compliments will work for any of your loved ones. You can even text one or add it to a greeting card to let them know you’re thinking about them.

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Funny pop culture compliments

• If you’re the Incredible Hulk, I’m your pants: No matter what changes you’re going through, we always magically end up together.

• You’re a feral cat, and I’m a goofy pug, which is why our Milo and Otis adventures are so epic.

• You’ve been such a great friend to me that I’ll forever be the Left Shark to your Katy Perry.

• You’re so perfect that if you were an Instagram photo, I’d assume you were made with AI.

• They say Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth. Why didn’t you tell me you named your house Disneyland?

• You’re so precious to me that I could never let you die of dysentery on the Oregon Trail.

• You are Kenough.

• You’re the best thing I’ve seen today. And I binged Succession before lunch, so that’s saying a lot.

• I love you more than Kanye loved Kim. No, wait. I love you more than Kanye loves himself!

• You’re the only person I know who could definitely win Survivor.

• You’re cooler than two lone wolves howling at the moon while “Don’t Stop Believin'” plays in the background.

• This ain’t the moon of Endor, but you Ewok my world.

• You’re not a regular mom. You’re a cool mom.

• They designed the beauty filter after your face.

• There’s no one I’d rather reenact Thelma & Louise with. You know, minus the murdery bits.

Between funny memes, music, movies and celebrities, there are so many of-the-moment compliments that’ll make your friends snort-laugh. The hardest part: Picking a favorite.

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Funny compliments for guys

• You’re my ThunderShirt: Your hugs stop my fear and anxiety (and my drooling).

• Guess what I’m wearing right now? That smile you gave me.

• You should go by “doctor” because you’re clearly a PhD: pretty hilarious dude.

• You’re nerdy but in a really cute way—like a comic convention with more deodorant.

• If you were a haircut, I’d never wear a hat.

• You have the beard of a Greek god.

• You make me want to go on adventures. And no, I’m not talking about another trip to Dave & Buster’s.

• You look like you own a large boat.

• I like you so much I won’t answer your phone calls with a text. I’ll actually answer my phone.

• You’re adorkable.

• Seeing you every morning is better than coffee—but thankfully, I can have both.

• You’re the total package: manly, magnificent and all mine.

• You’re so cool that Chuck Norris opens doors for you.

• Some kids pee their name in the snow, but you’re tough enough to pee your name into concrete.

Men appreciate hilarious pickup lines, romance and funny compliments just as much as women do. And these will have your guy grinning from ear to ear.

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Funny compliments for girls

• You’re the reason I talk in my sleep—and the reason I wake up smiling.

• You’re so cute that puppies and kittens send pictures of you to one another.

• Your hair smells nice. Not that I’m standing here smelling your hair. That would be weird.

• Your aura is a rainbow dipped in sparkles.

• You’re so thoughtful, you could make an onion cry—tears of joy, that is.

• Being with you is like taking the best bath: I leave feeling warm, bubbly and somehow cleaner.

• Your photo album only has “afters.”

• You’re the reason cave men drew on walls.

• I don’t care what they say. I’d put your oxygen mask on first. Arrest me, sky marshal!

• You’re so inspiring. You make me want to put my dirty laundry into the hamper instead of next to it.

• Your smile is proof that the best things in life really are free.

• You could never be vanilla ice cream. You’re too unique. And too hot. Also, people can’t be ice cream.

• I trust you so much I’d give you my favorite hoodie and not even ask for it back.

• You’re tastier than a Ferrero Rocher, and your name is easier to pronounce too.

• You’re so hot, we don’t even need a microwave.

• You’re so smart. I bet you do crossword puzzles in ink.

Why should you learn how to give a compliment? Celebrating the important people in your life will make you feel good, and even funny compliments can strengthen your relationships.

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Funny compliments for friends

• If there was a trophy for spreading joy, you’d win it every time.

• You’re french fries. I’m a Frosty. No one knows why we’re so good together; we just are.

• You’re beautiful, smart and, doggone it, people like you.

• We’re so great together that peanut butter and jelly are jealous.

• If laughter is the best medicine, I nominate you for Doctor of the Year.

• Life sucks, but it would suck more without you.

• In the zombie apocalypse, I’d kill you last.

• There are so many people I worry about. Thanks for not being one of them.

• I think you’re as awesome as I think I am.

• No matter how hard I’m trying to be grouchy, you make me smile.

• You make my stupid ideas sound smart.

• You’re like the g in gnome—without you, there is no me.

• My only regret about our friendship is that we didn’t meet sooner.

• You’re just my kind of weird.

• We’re so connected that when you cry, I blow my nose.

Friends help us relieve stress and cope with the ups and downs of life. Repay that love and support with sweet compliments masquerading as funny one-liners.

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Funny compliments for kids

• You’re more loveable than a Squishmallow, and you have arms.

• You should have your own YouTube channel. You’d be a star.

• I won’t love you 4ever. I’ll love you 5ever!

• You’re more magical than a fairy riding a unicorn under a rainbow.

• I wanted to write down everything I love about you, but I got a hand cramp. So I’ll just have to tell you instead.

• You have Disney princess/prince hair.

• You’re so amazing. I want to learn another language so I’ll have more words to tell you that.

• You’re cuter than a baby seal and a baby otter playing patty-cake.

• You make me laugh so hard I snort like a pig.

• You’re so coordinated that you could tie your shoes with your feet.

• I love you so much that I’m not afraid to embarrass you at the bus stop.

• God said, “Let there be light,” and then you came into my life. And you still light it up.

• You’re so tough that the monsters under the bed are afraid of you.

• Look at all your talent! I bet you sneeze with your eyes open.

• No one makes me laugh harder than you. Except maybe the dog.

Kids and humor can be tricky (parents are eternally unfunny), but your brood will crack up when you hit them with some well-time compliments and jokes for teens and young kids.

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Funny compliments for co-workers

• Thanks for your help on that big project. I can’t pay you, but I did hide all the best snacks in the break room for you.

• You work harder than an elementary school janitor the day after Halloween.

• Work is better when you’re here. Mind you, I didn’t say it was great. Just better.

• You make me do work projects I don’t want to do. And you make me like it, you jerk.

• You’re the only reason I didn’t riot when they made working in the office mandatory again.

• An eight-hour workday feels like only nine hours when I work with you—an improvement considering it normally feels like 20.

• Thanks for not telling the boss every time I say something stupid.

• I like you so much, I’ll actually listen to your voicemails.

• You’re so confident in meetings that I’m waiting for our manager to slip and call you boss.

• I trust you so much that even though you’re not technically the boss, you can boss me around anytime.

• When I leave this company, can I get you in the divorce?

Co-workers are friends you met in the trenches. Honor that experience by sending them a quick thank-you message with one of these compliments. Toss in a work-from-home joke or two if you really want to give ’em a laugh.

Why trust us

Reader’s Digest has been telling jokes for more than 100 years, curated and reviewed over the last 20 years by Senior Features Editor Andy Simmons, a humor editor formerly of National Lampoon and the author of Now That’s Funny. We’ve earned prestigious ASME awards for our humor—including comical quips, pranks, puns, cartoons, one-liners, knock-knock jokes, riddles, memes, tweets and stories in laugh-out-loud magazine columns such as “Life in These United States,” “All in a Day’s Work,” “Laughter, the Best Medicine” and “Humor in Uniform,” as well as online collections such as short jokes, dad jokes and bad jokes so bad, they’re great. You can find a century of humor in our 2022 compendium, Reader’s Digest: Laughter, the Best Medicine. For this piece on funny compliments, Charlotte Hilton Andersen tapped her experience as an award-winning journalist who covers relationships and psychology. Read more about our team, our contributors and our editorial policies.

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