Word Meanings - REMARK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

mark, marque a mark, of German origin, akin to E. mark. See Mark, v.& 1. To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark

Additional info about word: REMARK

mark, marque a mark, of German origin, akin to E. mark. See Mark, v.& 1. To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark him; there he sits. Milton. 2. To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker. 3. To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go. Syn. -- To observe; notice; heed; regard; note; say. -- Remark, Observe, Notice. To observe is to keep or hold a thing distinctly before the mind. To remark is simply to mark or take note of whatever may come up. To notice implies still less continuity of attention. When we turn from these mental states to the expression of them in language, we find the same distinction. An observation is properly the result of somewhat prolonged thought; a remark is usually suggested by some passing occurence; a notice is in most cases something cursory and short. This distinction is not always maintained as to remark and observe, which are often used interchangeably. "Observing men may form many judgments by the rules of similitude and proportion." I. Watts. "He can not distinguish difficult and noble speculations from trifling and vulgar remarks." Collier. "The thing to be regarded, in taking notice of a child's miscarriage, is what root it springs from." Locke.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REMARK)

• Advert to
• Refer to
• allude to
• notice
• remark
• glance at
• regard
• touch upon
• hint at
• Annotation
• Explanation
• criticism
• note
• commentary
• elucidation
• observation
• comment
• Mention
• Declaration
• announcement
• hint
• communication
• Observation
• Contemplation
• study
• attention

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REMARK)

• Confound
• confuse
• obscure
• mystify
• misinterpret
• misapprehend
• misconceive
• misrepresent
• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misestimate
• misjudge

Related words: (words related to REMARK)

• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• MISINTERPRETABLE
  Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• REMARKER
  One who remarks.
• REFER
  1. To carry or send back. Chaucer. 2. Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, infirmation, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar
• REFERENTIAL
  Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use. -- Ref`er*en"tial*ly, adv.
• NOTICE
  1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts. 2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge
• STUDY
  1. To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages. 2. To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature. Study thyself; what rank
• CONTEMNER
  One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
• EXPLANATION
  1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. 2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory
• COMMENTER
  One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.
• MISINTERPRETER
  One who interprets erroneously.
• ADVERTENT
  Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.
• CONFUSE
  1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
• TOUCHING
  Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. -- Touch"ing*ly, adv.
• TOUCHY
  Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury.
• ALLUDE
  To compare allusively; to refer as applicable. Wither.
• INTERCOMMUNICATION
  Mutual communication. Owen.
• PREFERMENT
  1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. Neither
• UNMENTIONABLES
  The breeches; trousers.
• SUBOBSCURELY
  Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.
• DISLIKE
  1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.
• HYPERCRITICISM
  Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.
• CHILD STUDY
  A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.