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preach | preachy |

As a verb preach

is to preach, preachify.

As an adjective preachy is

tending toward excessive moralization.

preach

English

Verb

  • To give a sermon.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
    A local Muslim used to preach from the Quran and hadith.
  • To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 1
    • The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
  • To advise or recommend earnestly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My master preaches patience to him.
  • To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
  • * Southey
    • As ye are preached .

    See also

    * praught

    Related terms

    * practice what one preaches * preach to the choir * preach to the converted

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A religious discourse.
    • (Hooker)

    preachy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending toward excessive moralization.
  • :My old fussbudget aunt had a very preachy manner and would prattle on about the dangers of alcohol and other vices.

    • Synonyms

    *(tending toward excessive moralization ): didactic, moralizing, pious, sanctimonious, sermonizing

    Antonyms

    *(tending toward excessive moralization ): impious, irreverent, tolerant, laissez faire