Antonyms for remark
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ri-mahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmɑrk |
Definition of remark
Origin :- 1630s, "to mark out, distinguish" modeled on French remarquer "to mark, note, heed," formed in Middle French from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + marquer "to mark," probably from a Germanic source, cf. Old High German marchon "to delimit" (see mark (n.1)).
- Meaning "take notice of" is from 1670s; that of "make a comment" is first attested 1690s, from notion of "make a verbal observation" or "call attention to specific points." Related: Remarked; remarking.
- noun comment, observation
- verb notice and comment
- Moreover, little Helen got in the first remark in the way of serious conversation.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Mr Clayton was not slow to remark what was passing in my mind.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- "But you forget where we are," answered the Man of Fancy, who overheard the remark.
- Extract from : « A Select Party (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- But one remark was at once singularly philosophical and practical.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Hester did not like the remark, and he fancied from her look she had misunderstood him.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I beg your pardon, miss, but will you allow me to make one remark!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Hester was greatly struck with the poetic tone of the remark.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- In passing I may remark that Hamlet, too, complains of "bad dreams."
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- This remark has no pertinence or meaning in Rosaline's mouth.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- I laughingly begged him to translate the remark, which he did with a smile.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
Synonyms for remark
- acknowledgment
- animadvert
- annotation
- assertion
- attention
- back talk
- behold
- bon mot
- catch
- cognizance
- comeback
- commentary
- commentate
- conclusion
- consideration
- crack
- declaration
- declare
- descry
- elucidation
- espy
- exegesis
- explanation
- explication
- exposition
- expression
- gloss
- heed
- illustration
- interpretation
- make out
- mark
- mention
- mind
- mouth off
- note
- notice
- obiter dictum
- observance
- observe
- opinion
- pass comment
- perceive
- pick up on
- point
- recognition
- reflect
- reflection
- regard
- say
- saying
- see
- speak
- spot
- state
- statement
- take note
- take notice
- talk
- thought
- two cents' worth
- utter
- utterance
- wisecrack
- witticism
- word
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