preachier; preachiest
: marked by obvious moralizing : didactic
put off by the speaker's preachy tone
Examples of preachy in a Sentence
We were put off by the speaker's preachy tone.
a boring and preachy writer
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This overtly political, preachy and unfunny?
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Lawrence isn't preachy in his attempt to make this film an emotional gut-punch.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Ingelsby weighs these choices against each other without getting preachy or searching for answers that aren’t there.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
The American failure to neutralize this preachy butterball suggested serious limits to the occupying force’s control of the situation.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Lawrence isn't preachy in his attempt to make this film an emotional gut-punch.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Ingelsby weighs these choices against each other without getting preachy or searching for answers that aren’t there.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
The American failure to neutralize this preachy butterball suggested serious limits to the occupying force’s control of the situation.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for preachy
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“Preachy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preachy. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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