Thesaurus results for PREACHY

preachy

adjective

ˈprē-chē

Definition of preachy

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 His tenderness and vulnerability sets the tone of the show, which takes men’s emotions seriouslywithout lapsing into either the preachy hugging and learning of Ted Lasso or the manipulative melodramatics of, say, A Million Little Pieces. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Stay curious but don’t become too preachy. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 June 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, 6 June 2026 Dennis’s new poems are still conversational, philosophical, sometimes preachy, and cranky, and there is a fresh kind of transcendence here, one that has almost forgotten about disappointment. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for preachy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preachy

Adjective

But the show also develops a moralizing streak in its back half.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Eliot departs here from the moralizing messages of Memling and La Tour.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of moralizing

Adjective

Thou Shalt Not Steal, which launches on October 6, is a coming-of-age, roadtrip, moralistic odyssey about the lies people tell themselves and each other.

— Peter White, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
If the senator’s moralism has been unfettered by his stroke, with a shift toward right-brain moralistic processing, that does not diminish his sincere intent or its effect.

— Michael P.H. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of moralistic

Adjective

In one memorable scene, Mari takes to a whiteboard to explain the destructive workings of capitalism, a lengthy, potentially didactic exercise that Okamoto transforms into an unexpectedly intimate exchange.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Not wanting a didactic feel, Ebenstein eschewed labels for the art, artifacts, masks, toys, skeletal and wet specimens, wax scientific models, devotional objects, vintage taxidermy and books.

— Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026