brief, passing | occasional | casual, chance, off-the-cuff, throwaway | careless, tactless | barbed, cutting, derogatory, dismissive, disparaging, insulting, nasty, offensive, pointed, scathing, snide, uncomplimentary | complimentary, encouraging, kind | innocent | critical | cynical | controversial | provocative | famous | enigmatic | odd, strange | silly | funny, witty | racist, sexist | obscene, rude | defamatory | personal
How dare you make personal remarks!

general | introductory, opening, preliminary | closing, concluding
I agreed with most of what he said at the beginning of the speech b

make, pass, utter | withdraw
He was expelled fromthe party for failing to withdraw hiscontroversial remarks.

address
Who were those rude remarksaddressed to?

ignore, take no notice of
I just ignored her lastremark.

apply to sb/sth
These remarks apply equally todoctors.

be directed at/to sb
The remark was directed at him. |

suggest sth
Her remarks suggestthat the negotiations may besuccessful.

provoke sth
Theremark provoked an angryresponse from the crowd.

in a/the ~
He made a fewfactual errors in his remarks onRembrandt.

~ about/concerning/on
I shallkeep my remarks on the subjectbrief.

~ by/from
remarks byofficials

~ to
a casual remark tohis father

casually, idly
She remarked casually that she was changing her job.

pointedly | lightly, mildly | drily, wryly | ruefully | jokingly | cheerfully | coolly | acidly, tartly

be heard to

on/upon
Several people remarked on her outfit.

to
He remarked to Jane that he had not heard from Sally for a long time.