preachy
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adjective \ˈprē-chē\preach·i·erpreach·i·est
Definition of PREACHY
: marked by obvious moralizing : didactic <put off by the speaker's preachy tone>
— preach·i·ly \-chə-lē\ adverb
— preach·i·ness \-chē-nəs\ noun
See Examples of PREACHY
- We were put off by the speaker's preachy tone.
- a boring and preachy writer
First Known Use of PREACHY
1819
Related to PREACHY
- Synonyms
- didactic, homiletic (or homiletical), moralistic, moralizing, sermonic, sententious
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