EGAVE

preachy

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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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