as in moralizing
marked by or given to preaching moral values
the students rolled their eyes as their principal launched into another preachy lecture about behavior at the prom
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Recent Examples of preachy
And the story is sweet as well, with a pro-environment message that isn’t too preachy.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Thompson mentions that cartoons from this era often leaned on straightforward ideas about decency, and Doug fit that mold without being preachy about it.
—Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 4 Jan. 2026
Some of the book’s 48 essays are spiritual without being preachy, and others are secular snapshots of DiMucci’s life and reflections.
—Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Instead, the new book manages to straddle both historical nonfiction and personal narrative, without being preachy or predictable.
—Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2025
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Thompson mentions that cartoons from this era often leaned on straightforward ideas about decency, and Doug fit that mold without being preachy about it.
—Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 4 Jan. 2026
Some of the book’s 48 essays are spiritual without being preachy, and others are secular snapshots of DiMucci’s life and reflections.
—Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Instead, the new book manages to straddle both historical nonfiction and personal narrative, without being preachy or predictable.
—Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for preachy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preachy
Adjective
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Most of the roughly 200 episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger have the moralizing flavor of after-school specials, albeit weirdly violent ones.—
Chris Klimek,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Last year, a YouTube channel called Akhbar Enfejari (Explosive News) began posting a variety of digital content with a political and moralistic bent.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Good intentions — and handsome animation — aside, Forevergreen is ultimately too maudlin and moralistic to rank it much higher than this.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Yet Dupieux doesn’t stage any of this in a didactic or judgmental way.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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That’s also in part a function of Paglen’s practice itself, which has long been critiqued for its didactic bent.—
Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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