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Preachy vs Anvilicious - What's the difference?

preachy | anvilicious |

As adjectives the difference between preachy and anvilicious

is that preachy is tending toward excessive moralization while anvilicious is (slang|neologism) conveyed in a heavy-handed, unsubtle way; preachy.

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

    anvilicious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, neologism) Conveyed in a heavy-handed, unsubtle way; preachy.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2003, date=June 24, author="Lord Usher", title=Re: What would Whedon Make of Season 6/7 disappointment/hostility , newsgroup=alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer citation
    • , passage=When you take something as subtle, ballsy, and downright mythic as Dark Will and turn it into the anvilicious , ambitionless, and dreadfully banal travesty that was the Crack Magick arc, that's not a big hubristic dream that went wrong; that's the utter lack of a dream, the complete failure of imagination.}}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2003, date=November 21, author=Jane Davitt, title=Re: 5.8: Gunn's toy robots , newsgroup=alt.tv.angel citation
    • , passage='Anvilicious' ?
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2004, date=March 18, author=Ben Raines, title=Re: Tonights south park one of the best, newsgroup=alt.tv.southpark citation
    • , passage=That was weak. As soon as the parents voiced their objection to seeing Cartman nude on stage I knew where they were heading... anvilicious .}}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2004, date=June 29, author="Ubiquitous", title=Re: "Jack & Bobby" pilot online, newsgroup=rec.arts.tv citation
    • , passage=They keep dropping they (SIC) anvilicious hints about it being JFK and Robert but the time period in which it is set is wrong.}}