preachy
About 0.06 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective 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.
Similar words
teachy didactic sanctiloquent hypermoral oversententious overpious sanctimonious overreligious oversolicitous overanalytical
Often followed by
and or tone about in way to but nor
Word family
preachier preachiest preachily preachiness preachinesses
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