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
But creator and showrunner Mike Schur adds the state of education and funding, the out-of-touch ultrarich, social media craziness and affordability issues to the mix — all without being too preachy.
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G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Nov. 2025
My goal is to bring positive vibes to hip-hop without being preachy or judgmental, and the music being fire.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
This overtly political, preachy and unfunny?
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
In addition, the portrayal of the cultural setup between the dominant Alba and subservient Colorata is handled in a refreshingly non-preachy manner.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Nov. 2025
My goal is to bring positive vibes to hip-hop without being preachy or judgmental, and the music being fire.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
This overtly political, preachy and unfunny?
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
In addition, the portrayal of the cultural setup between the dominant Alba and subservient Colorata is handled in a refreshingly non-preachy manner.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 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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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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The script, penned by Bartek Bartosik and Naqqash Khalid, becomes bizarrely moralistic by the end, insinuating that the debased and debauched might perhaps see their problems solved by becoming domesticated.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Season 2 features a laughably didactic arc in which a family earns too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to pay their bill.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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And the violent scenes aren’t grotesque or didactic — think of Miles’ muted trumpet sound reconfigured as resurrection visuals, of his ability to play and stage ballads so well that their uptempo momentum moves into territories too macabre to mute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Preachy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachy. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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