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[ pree-chee ] / ˈpri tʃi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR preachy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, preach·i·er, preach·i·est.tediously or pretentiously didactic. Origin of preachyFirst recorded in 1810–20; preach + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM preachypreach·i·ly, adverbpreach·i·ness, nounWords nearby preachypreacher curl, preachify, preaching, preachment, preach to the converted, preachy, preacquisition profit, pre-Adamite, preadapt, preadaptation, preadmission Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for preachyThere were a lot of characters making these preachy speeches. A Tony Voter on Bryan Cranston’s Overrated LBJ, Neil Patrick Harris’s Underwhelming Hedwig|Michael Musto|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST And it's not a preachy, political attack on that culture, which was another common reading. Warhol's $105 Million 'Crash' Is A Portrait of Consumption|Blake Gopnik|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST And Betty isnt so preachy as she was when we weeded dandelions on your lawn, commented Ruth. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp|Lillian Elizabeth Roy Although they wore clerical garb they were not in the least "preachy." Kent Knowles: Quahaug|Joseph C. Lincoln
They do to-day—only we make a fuss about it and get preachy. The Memoirs of an American Citizen|Robert Herrick Viewed from the standpoint of one immune from the bridge germ, it is a dull and preachy succession of platitudes. Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905|Various Oh, you are so preachy, you are so good-natured, you believe all the prim things that grown people say! Betty Leicester|Sarah Orne Jewett
British Dictionary definitions for preachy
adjective preachier or preachiestinformal inclined to or marked by preaching Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to preachymoralizing, pontifical, sententious |