moralize

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
2. verb To say (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.
3. verb To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.
4. verb To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
5. verb To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
6. verb To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

Similar words

moralise preachify sermonize moral remoralize remoralise ethicize improve the occasion meditate think on

Often followed by

on about the and upon or over in to

Word family

moralization moralizations moralized moralizer moralizers moralizes moralizing